proboscis monkey, long-nosed monkey (Nasalis larvatus) Proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus) jumping, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia
Date 14 May 2015, 14:59:13
Source Own work, from Sharp Photography, http://www.sharpphotography.co.uk/
Author Charlesjsharp https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Charlesjsharp
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Proboscis_monkey_(Nasalis_larvatus)_jumping.jpg
The proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus) or long-nosed monkey, known as the bekantan in Indonesia, is a reddish-brown arboreal Old World monkey that is endemic to the southeast Asian island of Borneo. This species co-exists with the Bornean orangutan. It belongs in the monotypic genus Nasalis, although the pig-tailed langur has traditionally also been included in this genus. The monkey also goes by the Indonesian name monyet belanda ("Dutch monkey"), or even orang belanda ("Dutchman"), as Indonesians remarked that the Dutch colonisers often had similarly large bellies and noses. This species of monkey is easily identifiable because of its unusually large nose.
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Family: Cercopithecidae
Genus: Nasalis
Species: Nasalis larvatus Wurmb, 1787