Nasalis larvatus

(Van Wurmb, 1787)

Proboscis Monkey

Adult female jumping. Also as Long-nosed Monkey.
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Location:Malaysia, Sabah, Klias RiverDate taken:Jan 1, 2011

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Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Primates
Suborder : Haplorhini
Infraorder : Simiiformes
Parvorder : Catarrhini
Superfamily : Cercopithecoidea
Family : Cercopithecidae
Subfamily : Colobinae
Tribe : Presbytini
Genus : Nasalis

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Wurmb, F. van. 1787. De Kahau, een lang-staartige aap. Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap der Kunsten en Wetenschappen 3:345-354.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41085215

Original name as described

Cercophitecus larvatus

Other common names

Long-nosed Monkey

Type locality

Pontiana (=Pontianak), Borneo.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Indonesia · Brunei · Malaysia

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000659

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 24 names and synonyms.

Cercophitecus larvatus

(Van Wurmb, 1787)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

larvatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

353 (footnote)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41085215

Authority publication

Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap der Kunsten en Wetenschappen

Simia Cercopithecus capistratus

(Kerr, 1792)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

capistratus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

73

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664091

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

  1. Kerr (1792:73, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664091) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  2. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Simia Cercopithecus nasuus

(Kerr, 1792)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

nasuus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

72

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664090

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

Kerr (1792:72, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664090) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)

Simia Longinasus

(Link, 1795)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

longinasus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

62

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46272938

Authority publication

Rostock

Name usages

Link (1795:62, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46272938) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35635)

Simia nasica

(G. Cuvier, 1797)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

nasicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

98

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637180

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Cuvier (1797:98, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637180) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38531)
  2. Audebert (1799:@fam. 4 sec. 2 p. 1, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58948763) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68277)
  3. Goldfuss (1809:58, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497839) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)
  4. Virey (1819:276, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35135194) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60385)
  5. Gray (1821:297) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9308)

Simia nazica

(Audebert, 1799)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

nazica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

fam. 4 sec. 2 pl. 1

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58948761

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Audebert (1799:@fam. 4 sec. 2 pl. 1, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58948761) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68277)

Cercopithecus nasica

(de Lacépède, 1799)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

nasicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

4

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lacépède (1799:4) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/62452)
  2. Daudin (1802:145, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033395) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)
  3. Fischer (1803:111, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47061718) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69311)
  4. Fischer (1813:435, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29109546) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/49925)
  5. Schinz (1821:109, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51528866) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
  6. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Simia Nasalis

(G. K. Shaw, 1800)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

nasalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

55

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41150700

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Shaw (1800:55, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41150700) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37615)
  2. Griffith (1821:53) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68343)

Simia Nasua

(W. Turton, 1802)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

nasuus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

17

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772854

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Turton (1802:17, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772854) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)

Cercopithecus nasicus

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

nasicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

16

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1803:16) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19153)
  2. Voigt (1819:407) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69477)
  3. Ranzani (1820:116, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27804514) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69437)
  4. Desmarest (1821:55, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523819) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34459)

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