Joel Sartore Joel Sartore

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A Laotian langur or white-browed black langur (Trachypithecus laotum) at the Endangered Primate Rescue Center in Cuc Phuong National Park, Vietnam. This species is listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. As of 2014, he is the only one in captivity in the world. Airport is the name of this male. He was named for where he was confiscated; at the Hanoi Airport. Someone had captured him as a juvenile in Laos, then was trying to get him to Russia.

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