Silvered Leaf Monkey
Trachypithecus cristatus
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Rare
- Observations
- 1,086
- Most observed in
- 🇲🇾 Malaysia
- Conservation
- Vulnerable
Description
The silvery lutung (Trachypithecus cristatus), also known as the silvered leaf monkey or the silvery langur, is an Old World monkey. It is arboreal, living in coastal, mangrove, and riverine forests in Sumatra, Borneo, Java, as well as in parts of the southwestern Malay Peninsula, the Natuna Islands, and other nearby islands. It is the type species of its species group.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Silvery lutung”.