- Pig-tailed Langur
Taxobox
name = Pig-tailed LangurMSW3 Groves|pages=175]
status = CR
trend = unknown
status_system = iucn3.1
status_ref = IUCN2006|assessors=Eudey "et al"|year=2000|id=20229|title=Simias concolor|downloaded=09 May 2006 Listed as Critically Endangered (CR A1cd+2c v2.3)]
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Mammal ia
ordo =Primate s
familia =Cercopithecidae
subfamilia =Colobinae
genus = "Simias"
genus_authority = Miller, 1903
species = "S. concolor"
binomial = "Simias concolor"
binomial_authority = Miller, 1903The Pig-tailed Langur ("Simias concolor", monotypic in
genus "Simias") is a large, rather heavily builtOld World monkey , which is adapted to climbing with its long arms. Its fur is black-brown, and its hairless face is also black. It is the only monkey in the subfamilyColobinae to have a relatively short tail; the tail is only slightly furred and is only 15 cm long. The short nose is pointed upward. The Pig-tailed Langur reaches a full grown length of approximately 50 cm and a weight of 7 kg. Traditionally, it has been placed in the genus "Nasalis" together with theProboscis Monkey - a treatment still preferred by some. [Bradon-Jones, D., A. A. Eudey, T. Geissmann, C. P. Groves, D. J. Melnick, J. C. Morales, M. Shekelle, and C. B. Stewart. 2004. "Asian primate classification." International Journal of Primatology. 23: 97-164.]This
primate lives only on theMentawai Islands , where it is known as Simakobou inSiberut and Simasepsep on the southern islands ofSipura ,North Pagai , andSouth Pagai . Two of these islands, North- and South-Pagai, are its main range. It is a diurnal andarboreal rain forest dweller, rarely coming to the ground. It lives in small groups (3 to 8 animals), which consist of a male, one or more females, and their offspring. Its diet consists mainly of leaves and, to a lesser extent, fruits and berries. Nothing of its reproduction is known.ubspecies
* Genus "Simias"
** Pig-tailed Langur, "Simias concolor"
*** "Simias concolor concolor"
*** "Simias concolor siberu"References
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