Nasalis larvatus

(Van Wurmb, 1787)

Proboscis Monkey

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://www.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. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Nasalis larvatus orientalis

Chasen, 1940

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

orientalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MZB 3532

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

84

Authority publication

Bulletin of Raffles Museum

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Nasalis larvatus

Lesson, 1827

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

larvatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

34

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207466

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:34, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207466) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Lesson (1842:3) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  3. Fitzinger (1855:62) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65926)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1980:90) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  5. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:237) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  6. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  7. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:730) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14352) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14352) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000659) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14352/195372486) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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

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

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. Goldfuss (1809:58, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497839) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)

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. Daudin (1802:145, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033395) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)
  2. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Simia nazica

(J. B. Audebert, 1799)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

nazica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

pl. 1 (of fam. 4, sec. 2)

Authority page URI

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

Authority publication

Paris

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

Simia Nasuta

(G. K. Shaw, 1800)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

nasutus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

40

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41150677

Authority publication

London

Simia nasuta

(Goldfuss, 1809)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

nasutus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

57

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497838

Authority publication

Erlangen

Name usages

Goldfuss (1809:57, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497838) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)

Nasalis recurvus

Vigors & Horsfield, 1828

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

recurvus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

110

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2310417

Authority publication

Zoological Journal

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

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