Sabah grizzled langur | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Suborder: | Haplorhini |
Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
Family: | Cercopithecidae |
Genus: | Presbytis |
Species: | P. sabana
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Binomial name | |
Presbytis sabana (
Thomas, 1893)
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Range shown in darker brown (i.e., for P. h. sabana) |
The Sabah grizzled langur (Presbytis sabana), also known as the Saban grizzled langur, is a species of monkey in the family Cercopithecidae. It was formerly considered a subspecies of Hose's langur, Presbytis hosei (as Presbytis hosei sabana). [2] [3] [4] The Sabah grizzled langur is native to the island of Borneo in the province of Sabah in Malaysia, with part of its range in Indonesia. [1] [4] It is listed as endangered by the IUCN due primarily to habitat loss, fragmentation and hunting. [1]
The Sabah grizzled langur is mostly gray, with white underparts and black hands and feet. [4] Sabah grizzled langurs range from 48 centimetres (19 in) to 56 centimetres (22 in) long excluding tail and have a tail length ranging from 64 centimetres (25 in) to 84 centimetres (33 in). [4] Males weigh from 6 kilograms (13 lb) to 7 kilograms (15 lb) while females weight between 5.5 kilograms (12 lb) and 6 kilograms (13 lb). [4]
The Sabah grizzled langur is arboreal and diurnal. [4] It lives in groups of about seven animals including a single adult male. [4] Males who are not part of a group are solitary. [4] It has a varied diet consisting of leaves, fruit, seeds, flowers, insects and bark, and it also consumes mineral-rich mud. [4] It sometimes associates with the maroon langur. [4]