Black-crested Sumatran langur
The black-crested Sumatran langur (Presbytis melalophos) is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae. It is endemic to Sumatra in Indonesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]
| Black-crested Sumatran langur | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
| Family: | Cercopithecidae |
| Genus: | Presbytis |
| Species: | P. melalophos |
| Binomial name | |
| Presbytis melalophos (Raffles, 1821) | |
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| Combined range black-crested Sumatran langur, black Sumatran langur, black-and-white langur and mitered langur | |
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A black-crested Sumatran langur along the Bukit Tapan road, Kerinci Seblat National Park, Sumatra, Indonesia.
The black Sumatran langur, black-and-white langur, Sarawak surili, Raffles' banded langur and mitered langur were formerly considered a subspecies of the P. melalophos.[2][3]
References
- Nijman, V. & Manullang, B. (2008). "Presbytis melalophos". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2008: e.T18129A7666452. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T18129A7666452.en. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
- "Presbytis mitrata". American Society of Mammalogists. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
- Meyer, Dirk; Rinaldi, Ir. Dones; Ramlee, Hatta; Perwitasari-Farajallah, Dyah; Hodges, Keith; Roos, Christian (2011). "Mitochondrial phylogeny of leaf monkeys (genus Presbytis, Eschscholtz, 1821) with implications for taxonomy and conservation". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 59 (2): 311–319. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2011.02.015. Retrieved 2020-10-14.
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