noun
langur
Refers to langurs, a group of Old World monkeys. The Japanese name literally means 'thin monkey'. The term is usually written in katakana as ヤセザル.
See also: ラングール
ヤセザルはインドや東南アジアに生息している。
Langurs inhabit India and Southeast Asia.
動物園でヤセザルを見た。
I saw a langur at the zoo.
ラングール is a direct loanword from English 'langur', while ヤセザル is the native Japanese name.
Compound of 痩せ (yase, 'thin') and 猿 (saru, 'monkey'), referring to the slender build of langurs.