Black-crested Sumatran Langur

Presbytis melalophos

Order: Primates
Family: Cercopithecidae
Genus: Presbytis
IUCN status: EN
Distribution: Indonesia
Realm: Indomalaya

Other names: Mitred Leaf Monkey|Sumatran Surili|Yellow-Handed Mitered Langur

About this species

Habitat: Forest
Range: Endemic to Sumatra and several neighbouring islands

The black-crested Sumatran langur is a forest-dwelling primate endemic to Sumatra and several neighbouring islands. The black Sumatran langur, black-and-white langur, Sarawak surili, Raffles' banded langur and mitred langur were formerly considered subspecies of P. melalophos. It is threatened by habitat loss (Wikipedia, general species account).

Description: Wildlife of Sumatra guide, Wildlife of Everywhere (wildlifeofeverywhere.com); general species information paraphrased from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)

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Black-crested Sumatran Langur — CC BY 4.0 — Jason Alexander (iNaturalist) (source)