Trachypithecus auratus

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812)

East Javan 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 : Trachypithecus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, É. 1812. Tableau des Quadrumanes, ou des Animaux composant le premier Ordre de la Classe des Mammifères. Annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle 19:85-122.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3499287

Original name as described

Cercopithecus auratus

Other common names

Eastern Ebony Langur · Ebony Leaf Monkey · Javan Langur · Javan Lutung

Type material

MNHN-ZM-2005-912 (= MNHN ? 111) (= MNHN ? 125)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/2005-912

Type locality

Indonesia, Semarang. Rrestricted by D. Brandon-Jones in 1995 to Batu District.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Indonesia

Taxonomy notes

includes the recently described johnaspinalli, which was originally described under Presbytis based on photos of caged animals; later papers have determined that the individuals are partially bleached Trachypithecus but the original author has argued otherwise; previously included T. mauritius

Taxonomy notes citation

Nardelli, F. 2015. A new Colobinae from the Sundiac region: the golden crowned langur Presbytis johnaspinalli, sp. nov. Int. Zoo News 62: 323–336. · Nijman, V. (2015). Newly described Golden-crowned langurs Presbytis johnaspinalli are most likely partially bleached Ebony langurs Trachypithecus auratus. International Zoo News, 62, 403-406. · Nardelli, F. (2016). A new Colobinae from the Sundiac region: the Golden-crowned Langur Presbytis johnaspinalli, sp. nov. Updated report. International Zoo News, 63, 2-3. · Nijman, V. (2021). No longer based on photographs alone: refuting the validity of golden-crowned langur Presbytis johnaspinalli Nardelli 2015 (Mammalia, Primates, Cercopithecidae). Zoosystematics and Evolution, 97, 141.

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000696

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.

Semnopithecus pyrrhus

(Horsfield, 1824)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

pyrrhus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1855.12.24.11, BMNH:Mamm:22a, ZSI 12189

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/12a132ac-2ed6-4afa-b8dd-c7d161d89339 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/36f464e9-1d2c-4a9c-a1d0-e5e755c0288e https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/bd89f74e-06ba-42ba-a3fc-734f3fdb2638 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/eaa5d79f-3712-431c-a047-52e37888d8b2

Authority page

pl. 3

Authority publication

London

Name usages

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

Trachypithecus pyrrhus stresemanni

Pocock, 1934

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

stresemanni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1913.3.6.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/01a5a0eb-5fff-4705-a485-6865a77b1ae5 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/609c26d9-f00d-4f4f-8ac6-37e2948142bf

Authority page

931

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

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

Pithecus pyrrhus sondaicus

(H. C. Robinson & Kloss, 1919)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

sondaicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1949.423

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5d75e203-f559-4ab8-b75b-96a5e2d35af8 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/62a54760-5c10-4843-b075-af5f3656bd82

Authority page

374

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18616161

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Cercopithecus auratus

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

auratus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-2005-912 (= MNHN ? 111) (= MNHN ? 125)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/2005-912

Authority page

93

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3499287

Authority publication

Annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

Lesson (1827:35, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207467) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)

Presbytis johnaspinalli

(Nardelli, 2015)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

johnaspinalli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

photographed specimen

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

328

Authority publication

International Zoo News

Trachypithecus cristatus robustus

Hooijer, 1962

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

robustus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RGM.DUB.3778

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RGM.DUB.3778

Authority page

41

Authority publication

Zoologische Verhandelingen

Pithecus aygula kohlbruggei

(Sody, 1931)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

kohlbruggei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.34328.a, RMNH.MAM.34328.b

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.34328.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.34328.b

Authority page

349

Authority publication

Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch-Indië

Name usages

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

Semnopithecus auratus

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

auratus

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)

Trachypithecus auratus

Groves, 2005

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

auratus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  2. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:742) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #22034) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #22034) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000696) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/39848/17988500) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Trachypithecus auratus auratus

Groves, 2005

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

auratus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Presbytis maurus

(E. Blyth, 1863)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

maurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

13

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534727

Authority publication

Calcutta

Name usages

Blyth (1863:13, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534727) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)

Semnopithecus maurus

(Horsfield, 1822)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

maurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

pl. 2

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:40, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207471) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Cuvier (1842:1, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518524) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)
  3. Lesson (1842:3) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  4. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

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