THE PROBOSCIS MONKEY KALIMANTAN

THE LONG NOSE OF THE PROBOSCIS MONKEY KALIMANTAN

posted on 6 January 2010 by alamendah

proboscis monkey or monkey dutch is commonly called endemic Bornean islands (Indonesia, Brunei, and Malaysia). proboscis monkey is a kind of apes that have a characteristic long nose and big with reddish brown hair, in scientific language, called Nasalis larvatus proboscis monkey.

proboscis monkey in the Latin (scientific) called Nasalis larvatus, are in English called the long-nosed proboscis monkey or monkey, in the other countries referred to by several names like monkey proboscis monkey (Malaysia), bangkatan (Brunei), neusaap (dutch). kalimantan community itself provides some of the names on this long-nosed monkey species such as apes, netherlands, Pika, hull stretch, raseng and kahau.

proboscis monkey which is one of two species of the genus Nasalis actually consisted of two subspecies, namely Nasalis larvatus larvatus and Nasalis larvatus orientalis, Nasalis larvatus larvatus found in almost all parts of the island of Borneo, while Nasalis larvatus orientalis ti nut located at the sea from the island of Borneo. redlist animals by the IUCN conservation status is considered "at risk" (endangered) is an island endemic Bornean wildlife, these animals were used as the mascot (animal identification) based on sk province south Kalimantan South Kalimantan governor no. 29 year 1990 dated 16 January 1990. in addition, these animals has also become the mascot Ancol fantasy world.

characteristics and habitat of proboscis monkey, long nose and big on the proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus) is owned only by the male species, the function of the large nose on a male proboscis monkey is still not clear, na but this was probably caused by natural selection, ape females prefer males with a nose large as his running mate, because this is his nose, proboscis monkey, also known as monkey dutch. proboscis monkey males larger than females, can reach 75 cm in size with a weight reached 24 kg, female proboscis monkey monkey the size of about 60 cm with a weight of 12 kg, this species also has a big belly (bulging). This distended stomach as a result of consuming food habits which besides eat fruits and seeds they also eat the leaves that produce a lot of gas at the time to digest. proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus) live in groups, each group led by a male proboscis monkey is big and strong, usually in a group numbering about 10 to 30 individuals.

females have a proboscis monkey sekitar166 day during pregnancy or gave birth to 5-6 months and only 1 (one) in the pups at all during pregnancy, the child will proboscis monkey with its mother until adulthood (Beru nut 4-5 years). habitat of proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus) still can be found in several locations, among others in the game reserve (sm) pleihari sea soil, sm pleihari Martapura, nature reserve (ca) shocked the island, the mountain kentawan ca, ca Sebuku strait and bay kelumpang, also found in Barito river, the river country, paminggir rivers, streams Tapin, Bakut islands and island flowers.

conservation proboscis monkey, proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus) by IUCN redlist since the year 2000 included in the category of conservation status of endangered (in danger of extinction) after previously categorized as "vulnerable" (vulnerable; vu). besides proboscis monkey also listed on CITES as Appendix I (should not be traded internationally) in 1987 estimated there are about 260 000 Bornean proboscis monkey on the island but in 2008 it is estimated that number plummeted and are only about 25,000. this is caused by a number of habitats which started switching functions and forest fires.