Mentawai langur

Mentawai langur
Mentawai langur[1]
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Cercopithecidae
Genus: Presbytis
Species: P. potenziani
Binomial name
Presbytis potenziani
(Bonaparte, 1856)
Mentawai Langur range

The Mentawai langur (Presbytis potenziani) is a species of primate in the Cercopithecidae family. It is endemic to the Mentawai Islands in Indonesia.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.[2]

References

  1. ^ Groves, C. (2005). Wilson, D. E., & Reeder, D. M, eds. ed. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 172. OCLC 62265494. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=12100664. 
  2. ^ a b Whittaker, D. & Mittermeier, R. A. (2008). Presbytis potenziani. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 4 January 2009.


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