Abstract:In order to understand the habitat utilization rule of the white-headed langur and its influencing factors, a group of white-headed langurs (Trachypithecus leucocephalus) was investigated from February 2016 to January 2017 in the Chongzuo White-headed Langur National Nature Reserve, Guangxi, China by instantaneous scanning sampling method. The results indicated that significant difference in the utilization of different limestone hill parts of white-headed langur was found (χ2 =39.467, df=3, P<0.001). The cliff was used most frequently (56.75±9.55)%, followed by the slope (39.42±10.93)%, the hill-top (2.98±2.54)%, as well as the valley (0.84±1.47)%. There were significant differences in the utilization of different microhabitat types of langurs (χ2=27.709, df=3, P<0.001). Tree as the preferred microhabitat, and its percentage (49.37±12.31)% was higher than bare rock (24.05±13.61)%, liana (15.48±8.01)%, and bush (10.87±5.45)%. The langurs mainly fed on slope, and other activities, such as moving, resting and social activity were on cliff. Besides, social activity was the only behavior occurred most often in bare rock, while other behaviors occurred most often in trees. There were seasonal differences in limestone hill parts and microhabitat. In overall activities, langurs used trees significantly more in the rainy season than in the dry season (Z=-2.680, n=12, P=0.007). When feeding, langurs used slope significantly more in the rainy season than in the dry season (Z=-2.517, n=12, P=0.012), while the use of cliff was opposite (Z=-2.842, n=12, P=0.004). When resting, in the rainy season the langurs used trees significantly more than in the dry season (Z=-2.355, n=12, P=0.019). Habitat use of white-headed langurs was also influenced by temperature. The utilization frequency of overall activities of the trees increased with the average temperature (r=0.664, n=12, P=0.018). Besides, the utilization frequency of resting of the trees increased with the average temperature (r=0.650, n=12, P=0.022). In contrast, the utilization frequency of cliff and bare rock in feeding was both negatively correlated with the average temperature (cliff:r=-0.685, n=12, P=0.014; bare rock:r=-0.600, n=12, P=0.039). In different seasons, white-headed langurs used its habitat in different ways. Thus, the habitat utilization pattern of white-headed langurs may be a trade-off between feeding benefits and predation risk, and is also influenced by ambient temperature.