Hose’s langur  (Presbytis hosei)

Authentication

Authenticated (12/03/2006) by Matthew Richardson, independent primatologist and writer.

Glossary

  • Arboreal: living in trees.
  • Bezoar: a ball of swallowed foreign material (usually hair or fiber) that cannot be digested and collects in the stomach.
  • Diurnal: active during the day.
  • Endemic: a species or taxonomic group that is only found in one particular country or geographic area.
  • Folivorous: leaf eating.
  • Natal: site or group of birth.
  • Polygynous: in animals, a pattern of mating in which a male has more than one female partner.
  • Sacculated: formed with or having saclike expansions.

References

  1. IUCN Red List (June, 2009)
    http://www.redlist.org
  2. Richardson, M. (2006) Pers. comm.
  3. The Primata (January, 2006)
    http://www.theprimata.com/presbytis_hosei.html
  4. CITES (November, 2005)
    http://www.cites.org
  5. Paleaorama.com (January, 2006)
    http://www.paleorama.com/Mammals-P/Presbytis.php
  6. Primates in Peril: The World’s 25 Most Endangered Primates 2004 – 2006 (January, 2006)
    http://portals.conservation.org/downloads/storedfile/Document/top252004final.pdf
  7. Forest Department Sarawak (January, 2006)
    http://www.forestry.sarawak.gov.my/forweb/wildlife/mgmt/tpa/tprotsp.htm
  8. Nijman, V. (2005) Decline of the endemic Hose's langur Presbytis hosei in Kayan Mentarang National Park, East Borneo. Oryx, 39: 223 - 226.
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