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Presbytis potenziani (Bonaparte, 1856)

Mentawai Langur

Authority citation: Bonaparte, C.-L. 1856. Excursions dans les divers musées d'Allemagne, de Hollande et de Belgique, et Tableaux paralléliqnes de Vordre des Échassiers. Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences 43:410-421.

Authority publication link: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1210948

Original name as described: Semnopithecus potenziani

Nominal names: potenziani (Bonaparte, 1856) | chrysogaster W. C. H. Peters, 1867

Other common names: Golden-bellied Mentawai Langur|Long-tailed Langur|Mentawai Leaf Monkey


Taxonomy

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

Type locality: Tenasserim.

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: Critically endangered


Species-specific notes: previously included P. siberu
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.


Species Permalink: http://www.classic.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000671

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