English

Silvered leaf monkey

Noun

leaf monkey ‎(plural leaf monkeys)

1. Any of various leaf-eating, arboreal Asian monkeys of the family Cercopithecidae, Genus Presbytis, related to and including the langurs.
   • 2008, Martin Walters & ‎Heather Angel, Chinese Wildlife: A Visitor's Guide, ISBN 1841622206, page 57:

     White-headed leaf monkey (T. leiwocephalus) is also restricted to southern Guangxi.

   • 2011, Peter K. L. Ng, ‎Richard Corlett, ‎& Hugh T. W. Tan, Singapore Biodiversity, ISBN 9814260088:

     The banded leaf monkey (Presbytis femoralis) is a very shy animal and keeps to the canopy.

   • 2015, Kekang He, New Theory of Children’s Thinking Development, ISBN 9812878378:

     Oh, a Francois' leaf monkey, about 2 years old, was looking at him sadly and giving a mournful wail. Its left hand was bleeding. Without a second thought, the highlander held the leaf monkey in his arms and hurried back home.