Presbytis melalophos

(Raffles, 1821)

Black-crested Sumatran Langur

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 : Presbytis

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Raffles, S. 1821-06-21. Descriptive catalogue of a zoological collection, made on account of the Honourable East India Company, in the island of Sumatra and its vicinity, under the direction of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, Lieutenant-Governor of Fort Marlborough; with additional notices illustrative of the natural history of those countries. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 13(1):239-274.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/754988

Original name as described

Simia melalophos

Other common names

Mitred Leaf Monkey · Sumatran Surili · Yellow-Handed Mitered Langur

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1879.11.21.590

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1461001e-7439-48ab-b788-e80d034399f1

Type locality

Indonesia, Bencoolen (= Bengkulu), Sumatra.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Indonesia

Taxonomy notes

previously included P. bicolor, P. mitrata, and P. sumatrana

Taxonomy notes citation

Meyer, D., Rinaldi, I. D., Ramlee, H., Perwitasari-Farajallah, D., Hodges, J. K., & Roos, C. (2011). Mitochondrial phylogeny of leaf monkeys (genus Presbytis, Eschscholtz, 1821) with implications for taxonomy and conservation. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 59(2), 311-319.

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000667

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.

Simia melalophos

(Raffles, 1821)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

melalophos

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1879.11.21.590

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1461001e-7439-48ab-b788-e80d034399f1

Authority page

245

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/754988

Authority publication

Transactions of the Linnean Society of London

Presbytis nobilis

J. E. Gray, 1842

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

nobilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:77a

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/3b179348-5337-4184-92a1-9ad79153e308

Authority page

256

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2324280

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Semnopithecus flavimanus

(I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire in Lesson, 1831)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

flavimana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-2005-945

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/2005-945

Authority page

109

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28724642

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:3) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Semnopithecus ferrugineus

(Schlegel, 1876)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

ferruginea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.39144, RMNH.MAM.39146, RMNH.MAM.42339, RMNH.MAM.42399, RMNH.MAM.42400.a, RMNH.MAM.42400.b, RMNH.MAM.52983, RMNH.MAM.52984, RMNH.MAM.52985.a, RMNH.MAM.52985.b, RMNH.MAM.52986.a, RMNH.MAM.52986.b, RMNH.MAM.52987.a, RMNH.MAM.52987.b, RMNH.MAM.52988.a, RMNH.MAM.52988.b

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39144 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39146 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.42339 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.42399 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.42400.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.42400.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.52983 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.52984 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.52985.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.52985.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.52986.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.52986.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.52987.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.52987.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.52988.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.52988.b

Authority page

42

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14895107

Authority publication

Leiden

Name usages

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

Semnopithecus melanophos

(C. F. Cuvier, 1842)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

melanophos

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

1

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518524

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Cuvier (1842:1, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518524) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)

Semnopithecus Melalophos

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

melalophos

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

3

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:3) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Presbytis melalophos

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

melalophos

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

90

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:90) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:239) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  4. Meyer, Rinaldi, Ramlee, Perwitasari-Farajallah, Hodges & Roos (2011:317) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/10750)
  5. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:718) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #18129) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #18129) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000667) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/39811/17954271) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Presbytis melalophos melalophos

Groves, 2005

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

melalophos

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

semnopithecus melalophus

(A. G. Desmarest, 1822)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

melalophus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

533

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39521977

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1827:40, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207471) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)

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