Adult male photographed at Bintan Island, Riau
Archipelago, Indonesia.
Photographed at Kuala Selangor Nature Park,
Selangor, Peninsular Malaysia.
Order : PRIMATES
Family : Cercopithecidae
Species : Trachypithecus cristatus
Head-body length : 41-54 cm
Tail length : 60-76 cm
Weight : 4.0-6.5 kg
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The adult Silvered Leaf
Monkey is identified by its dark, silver-tipped fur and its dark-skinned face; the
infants, however, are a startling bright orange.
The species can generally
be found in groups of up to 10 individuals feeding on young leaf shoots or
forest fruits in swampy areas, riverine forests and back-mangrove.
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Feeding on young leaf shoots. |
It ranges from Indochina,
Southern Burma, Southern Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia to Sumatra, Java
and Borneo. In Sabah (Malaysian Borneo) reddish adults also occur.
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