proboscis monkey, long-nosed monkey (Nasalis larvatus)

proboscis monkey, long-nosed monkey (Nasalis larvatus)

PLATE XXXVII.
THE PROBOSCIS MONKEY.
Date 1897
Source http://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/6901564004
Author Henry Ogg Forbes
Full title A hand-book to the primates / by Henry O. Forbes.
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_hand-book_to_the_primates_(Plate_XXXVII)_(6901564004).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 of monkey is easily identifiable because of its unusually large nose.


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Description		proboscis monkey, long-nosed monkey (Nasalis larvatus) PLATE XXXVII. THE PROBOSCIS MONKEY. Date 1897 Source http://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/6901564004 Author Henry Ogg Forbes Full title A hand-book to the primates / by Henry O. Forbes. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_hand-book_to_the_primates_(Plate_XXXVII)_(6901564004).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 of monkey is easily identifiable because of its unusually large nose.

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