Mitered langur

Species of monkey

Mitered langur
Conservation status

Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Family: Cercopithecidae
Genus: Presbytis
Species:
P. mitrata
Binomial name
Presbytis mitrata

The mitered langur (Presbytis mitrata) is a species of monkey in the family Cercopithecidae. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the Sumatran surili, Presbytis melalophos (as Presbytis melalophos mitrata) but genetic analysis revealed that these are separate species.[2][3][4] The mitered langur is native to the island of Sumatra in Indonesia.[1] It is listed as endangered by the IUCN due primarily to deforestation, and also due to animals taken for pets.[1]

The mitered langur has gray or brown fur on its back, which is darker than on its belly, and the arms, legs and tail are even darker.[5] Its face is gray, with white ruffs on its cheeks and a white crown surrounded by a black arch on the top of its head.[5] The head and body length is between 42 centimetres (17 in) and 57 centimetres (22 in) and the tail is between 62 centimetres (24 in) and 82 centimetres (32 in) long.[5] It weighs up to about 5.9 kilograms (13 lb).[5]

The mitered langur is diurnal and arboreal.[5] Its diet consists of leaves, unripe fruits, flowers and seeds.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c Nijman, V. & Manullang, B. (2008). "Presbytis melalophos ssp. mitrata". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. IUCN: e.T39813A10270475. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T39813A10270475.en. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  2. ^ "Presbytis mitrata". American Society of Mammalogists. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  3. ^ Meyer, Dirk; Rinaldi, Ir. Dones; Ramlee, Hatta; Perwitasari-Farajallah, Dyah; Hodges, Keith; Roos, Christian (2011). "Mitochondrial phylogeny of leaf monkeys (genus Presbytis, Eschscholtz, 1821) with implications for taxonomy and conservation". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 59 (2): 311–319. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2011.02.015. PMID 21333742. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  4. ^ "Presbytis mitrata". ITIS. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  5. ^ a b c d e f Nijman, Vincent (2016). Rowe, Noel; Myers, Marc (eds.). All the World's Primates. Pogonias Press. p. 565. ISBN 9781940496061.
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Extant species of family Cercopithecidae (Old World monkeys) (subfamily Colobinae)
African group
Colobus
(Black and white colobi)
  • Black colobus (C. satanas)
  • Angola colobus (C. angolensis)
  • King colobus (C. polykomos)
  • Ursine colobus (C. vellerosus)
  • Mantled guereza (C. guereza)
Piliocolobus
(Red colobi)
  • Western red colobus (P. badius)
  • Miss Waldron's red colobus (P. waldronae)
  • Pennant's colobus (P. pennantii)
  • Preuss's red colobus (P. preussi)
  • Thollon's red colobus (P. tholloni)
  • Foa's red colobus (P. foai)
  • Ugandan red colobus (P. tephrosceles)
  • Udzungwa red colobus (P. gordonorum)
  • Zanzibar red colobus (P. kirkii)
  • Tana River red colobus (P. rufomitratus)
  • Niger Delta red colobus (P. epieni)
  • Bouvier's red colobus (P. bouvieri)
  • Semliki red colobus (P. semlikiensis)
  • Lang's red colobus (P. langi)
  • Oustalet's red colobus (P. oustaleti)
  • Lomami red colobus (P. parmentieri)
  • Ulindi River red colobus (P. lulindicus)
Procolobus
  • Olive colobus (P. verus)
Langur group
Semnopithecus
(Gray langurs)
  • Nepal gray langur (S. schistaceus)
  • Kashmir gray langur (S. ajax)
  • Tarai gray langur (S. hector)
  • Northern plains gray langur (S. entellus)
  • Black-footed gray langur (S. hypoleucos)
  • Tufted gray langur (S. priam)
  • Purple-faced langur (S. vetulus)
  • Nilgiri langur (S. johnii)
Trachypithecus
  • T. cristatus group: East Javan langur (T. auratus)
  • West Javan langur (T. mauritius)
  • Silvery lutung (T. cristatus)
  • Germain's langur (T. germaini)
  • Annamese langur (T. margarita)
  • Tenasserim lutung (T. barbei)
  • Selangor silvered langur (T. selangorensis)
  • T. obscurus group: Dusky leaf monkey (T. obscurus)
  • Indochinese grey langur (T. crepusculus)
  • Phayre's leaf monkey (T. phayrei)
  • Popa langur (T. popa)
  • T. pileatus group: Capped langur (T. pileatus)
  • Shortridge's langur (T. shortridgei)
  • Gee's golden langur (T. geei)
  • T. francoisi group: François' langur (T. francoisi)
  • Hatinh langur (T. hatinhensis)
  • Cat Ba langur (T. poliocephalus)
  • White-headed langur (T. leucocephalus)
  • Laotian langur (T. laotum)
  • Delacour's langur (T. delacouri)
  • Indochinese black langur (T. ebenus)
Presbytis
(Surilis)
  • Black-crested Sumatran langur (P. melalophos)
  • Black-and-white langur (P. bicolor)
  • Black Sumatran langur (P. sumatrana)
  • Mitered langur (P. mitrata)
  • Raffles' banded langur (P. femoralis)
  • Robinson's banded langur (P. robinsoni)
  • East Sumatran banded langur (P. percura)
  • Sarawak surili (P. chrysomelas)
  • White-thighed surili (P. siamensis)
  • White-fronted surili (P. frontata)
  • Javan surili (P. comata)
  • Thomas's langur (P. thomasi)
  • Hose's langur (P. hosei)
  • Miller's langur (P. canicrus)
  • Sabah grizzled langur (P. sabana)
  • Maroon leaf monkey (P. rubicunda)
  • Mentawai langur (P. potenziani)
  • Siberut langur (P. siberu)
  • Natuna Island surili (P. natunae)
Odd-nosed group
Pygathrix
(Doucs)
  • Red-shanked douc (P. nemaeus)
  • Black-shanked douc (P. nigripes)
  • Gray-shanked douc (P. cinerea)
Rhinopithecus
(Snub-nosed monkeys)
  • Golden snub-nosed monkey (R. roxellana)
  • Black-and-white snub-nosed monkey (R. bieti)
  • Gray snub-nosed monkey (R. brelichi)
  • Tonkin snub-nosed monkey (R. avunculus)
  • Myanmar snub-nosed monkey (R. strykeri)
Nasalis
  • Proboscis monkey (N. larvatus)
Simias
  • Pig-tailed langur (S. concolor)
Category
Taxon identifiers
Presbytis mitrata