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Presbytis melalophos (Raffles, 1821)

Black-crested Sumatran Langur

Authority citation: Raffles, S. 1821-06-21. Descriptive catalogue of a zoological collection, made on account of the Honourable East India Company, in the island of Sumatra and its vicinity, under the direction of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, Lieutenant-Governor of Fort Marlborough; with additional notices illustrative of the natural history of those countries. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 13(1):239-274.

Authority publication link: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/754988

Original name as described: Simia melalophos

Nominal names: melalophos (Raffles, 1821) | melalophus (A. G. Desmarest, 1822) [incorrect subsequent spelling] | flavimana (I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1830) | melanophos (C. F. Cuvier, 1842) [incorrect subsequent spelling] | nobilis J. E. Gray, 1842 | ferruginea (Schlegel, 1876) | melanolopha (D. G. Elliot, 1913) [incorrect subsequent spelling]

Other common names: Mitred Leaf Monkey|Sumatran Surili|Yellow-Handed Mitered Langur


Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Primates -- Family: Cercopithecidae -- Subfamily: Colobinae -- Tribe: Presbytini

Type specimen voucher catalogue number: BMNH:Mamm:1879.11.21.590

Type locality: Indonesia, Bencoolen (= Bengkulu), Sumatra.

Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Indonesia (IDN)

Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is listed in MSW3 2005.

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status: Endangered


Species-specific notes: previously included P. bicolor, P. mitrata, and P. sumatrana
Citation: Meyer, D., Rinaldi, I. D., Ramlee, H., Perwitasari-Farajallah, D., Hodges, J. K., & Roos, C. (2011). Mitochondrial phylogeny of leaf monkeys (genus Presbytis, Eschscholtz, 1821) with implications for taxonomy and conservation. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 59(2), 311-319.


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