proboscis monkey, long-nosed monkey (Nasalis larvatus)

proboscis monkey, long-nosed monkey (Nasalis larvatus)

Plate XXXVII. Proboscis Monkey Nasalis larvatus.
Date 1897
Source Handbook to the Primates, Vol. II. http://archive.org/details/handbooktoprimat02forb
Author Henry Ogg Forbes (1851-1932). Species Plates by John Gerrard Keulemans (1842–1912).
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Handbook_to_the_Primates_Plate_37.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.


Image Info		Original File Name: Handbook_to_the_Primates_Plate_37.jpg Resolution: 2247x3012 File Size: 1292725 Bytes Upload Time: 2017:04:05 15:27:01
Author		Name (E-mail): Wiki Photos (---@---.---)
Subject		proboscis monkey, long-nosed monkey (Nasalis larvatus)


Description		proboscis monkey, long-nosed monkey (Nasalis larvatus) Plate XXXVII. Proboscis Monkey Nasalis larvatus. Date 1897 Source Handbook to the Primates, Vol. II. http://archive.org/details/handbooktoprimat02forb Author Henry Ogg Forbes (1851-1932). Species Plates by John Gerrard Keulemans (1842–1912). Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Handbook_to_the_Primates_Plate_37.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.

Misidentified? Need further identification? Any comment? Leave your message here.
	Name : PASSWORD : Email :
	Leave a message here