Mammals of the WorldPig-tailed Langur
Simias concolor
- Order
- Primates
- Family
- Cercopithecidae
- Genus
- Simias
- IUCN status
- CR
- Distribution
- Indonesia
- Realm
- Indomalaya
Other names: Mentawai Islands Snub-nosed Langur|Pig-tailed Snub-nosed Langur|Makobu|Siberut Pig-tailed Langur|Siberut Snub-nosed Monkey|Masepsep|Pagai Pig-tailed Langur|Pig-tailed Snub-nosed Monkey
About this species
- Diet
- Leaves, and to a lesser extent fruit and berries
- Habitat
- Rainforest canopy
- Range
- Endemic to small islands off the coast of Sumatra (Mentawai Islands)
The pig-tailed langur, or simakobu, is a large Old World monkey and the only species in its genus, endemic to several small islands off the coast of Sumatra. Its face is black, its fur black-brown and its tail relatively short. It is diurnal, feeding in the rainforest canopy on leaves and, to a lesser extent, fruit and berries (Wikipedia, general species account).
Little is known of its natural history, but it is heavily hunted and its populations have been declining rapidly (Wikipedia, general species account).
Description: Wildlife of Sumatra guide, Wildlife of Everywhere (wildlifeofeverywhere.com); general species information paraphrased from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)