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title: "Grijsscheendoek"
description: "Pygathrix cinerea — Zoogdieren. The grey-shanked douc langur (Pygathrix cinerea) is a douc species native to the Vietnamese provinces of Quảng Nam, Quảng Ngãi, Bình Định, Kon Tum, and Gia Lai."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/grey-shanked-douc-langur
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Grijsscheendoek

> Pygathrix cinerea — Zoogdieren. The grey-shanked douc langur (Pygathrix cinerea) is a douc species native to the Vietnamese provinces of Quảng Nam, Quảng Ngãi, Bình Định, Kon Tum, and Gia Lai.

- Scientific name: *Pygathrix cinerea*
- Category: `mammals` (Zoogdieren)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos), `jungle` (Jungle)
- iNaturalist observations: 55
- Wikidata: [Q591886](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q591886)
- iNaturalist taxon: [74991](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/74991)

## Names

- en: Grey-shanked Douc Langur
- de: Grauschenkliger Kleideraffe
- es: Douc de patas grises
- fr: Douc à pattes grises
- nl: Grijsscheendoek
- pl: Duk szaronogi

## Countries with the most observations

VN (49)

## Summary

The grey-shanked douc langur (Pygathrix cinerea) is a douc species native to the Vietnamese provinces of Quảng Nam, Quảng Ngãi, Bình Định, Kon Tum, and Gia Lai. The total population was estimated at 550 to 700 individuals in 2004. In 2016, Dr. Benjamin Rawson, Country Director of Fauna & Flora International's Vietnam Programme, announced a discovery of an additional population including more than 500 individuals found in Central Vietnam, bringing the total population up to approximately 1000 individuals.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gray-shanked_douc

## Photo

![Grijsscheendoek](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/grey-shanked-douc-langur/medium.jpg)

Photo: http://wikitravel.org/en/Special:Contributions/David_Straub · Public domain · commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cuc.Phuong.Primate.Rehab.center.jpg

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/grey-shanked-douc-langur?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).