Mentawai Langur

Presbytis potenziani

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

Other names: Golden-bellied Mentawai Langur|Long-tailed Langur|Mentawai Leaf Monkey

About this species

Range: Endemic to the Mentawai Islands, Indonesia

The Mentawai langur is a primate endemic to the Mentawai Islands in Indonesia; the Siberut langur was formerly considered a subspecies. Infants are born with white fur, which begins to darken after two to three weeks as the face becomes darkly pigmented, starting along the back and head; after three months the belly and chest are dark red (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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