proboscis monkey, long-nosed monkey (Nasalis larvatus)

proboscis monkey, long-nosed monkey (Nasalis larvatus)

Semnopithecus nasicus
Date 1700-1880
Source/Photographer Iconographia Zoologica
Old Latin name Semnopithecus nasicus
New Latin name Nasalis larvatus
Common name Nederlands: Neusaap
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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) Semnopithecus nasicus Date 1700-1880 Source/Photographer Iconographia Zoologica Old Latin name Semnopithecus nasicus New Latin name Nasalis larvatus Common name Nederlands: Neusaap Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Semnopithecus_nasicus_-_1700-1880_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBA01_IZ19900060.tif 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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