India, Feb. 20 -- The endangered Capped langur (Trachypithecus pileatus) is rapidly disappearing from fragmented rainforest patches in Assam's Upper Brahmaputra Valley, according to a study published in the Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity.
The species, locally known as Tupimuria Bandor, was found surviving in only 11 of the 40 forest fragments surveyed, highlighting the impact of sustained habitat fragmentation across the region.
The paper, titled "Lost in Fragmentation: Occurrence of Capped Langur Trachypithecus pileatus in Upper Brahmaputra Valley of Assam", was authored by Neeharika Gogoi, Samrat Sengupta, Bijay Basfore and Narayan Sharma. The researchers conducted field surveys between February 2019 and January 2020 across low...