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Thomas's Langur

Presbytis thomasi

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

Other names: North Sumatran Leaf Monkey|Sumatran Grizzled Langur|Thomas Langur|Thomas's Leaf Monkey

About this species

Diet
Primarily folivorous
Habitat
Forest, including Gunung Leuser National Park
Range
Endemic to northern Sumatra

Thomas's langur, also known as the North Sumatran leaf monkey, is endemic to northern Sumatra, not living to the south and east of Lake Toba and the Alas and Wampu rivers. Its native names are reungkah in Acehnese and kedih in Alas. It can be found in Gunung Leuser National Park, where substantial populations exist at Ketambe and Bukit Lawang. It is primarily folivorous, and 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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