Trachypithecus mauritius

(Griffith, 1821)

West 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

Authority citation

Griffith, E. 1821. General and Particular Descriptions of the Vertebrated Animals, Arranged Conformably to the Modern Discoveries and Improvements in Zoology. Order Quadrumana. Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, London, 143 pp.

Authority publication link

https://books.google.com/books?id=eJ1jAAAAcAAJ

Original name as described

Simia Mauritius

Other common names

West Javan Ebony Langur · West Javan Lutung · Western Ebony Langur

Type material

lost (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Mauritius," probably W Java. Restricted by D. Brandon-Jones in 1995 to Jasinga.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Indonesia

Taxonomy notes

split from T. auratus

Taxonomy notes citation

Roos, C., Nadler, T., Walter, L. 2008. Mitochondrial phylogeny, taxonomy, and biogeography of the silvered langur species group (Trachypithecus cristatus). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 47(2):629-636.

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000709

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 Mauritius

(Griffith, 1821)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

mauritius

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

58

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Griffith (1821:58) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68343)

Semnopithecus (Trachypithecus) (auratus) auratus mauritius

(Brandon-Jones, 1995)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

mauritius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

14

Authority publication

Raffles Bulletin of Zoology

Name usages

Brandon-Jones (1995:14) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14529)

Trachypithecus auratus mauritius

Brandon-Jones, Eudey, T. Geissmann, Groves, D. J. Melnick, J. C. Morales, Shekelle, & C.-B. Stewart, 2004

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

mauritius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

136

Authority publication

International Journal of Primatology

Name usages

  1. Brandon-Jones, Eudey, Geissmann, Groves, Melnick, Morales, Shekelle & Stewart (2004:136) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5237)
  2. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Trachypithecus mauritius

Roos, T. Nadler, & L. Walter, 2008

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

mauritius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

635

Authority publication

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Name usages

  1. Roos, Nadler & Walter (2008:635) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4847)
  2. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:743) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  3. Roos, Boonratana, Supriatna, Fellowes, Groves, Nash, Rylands & Mittermeier (2014:12) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20030)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000464) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000464) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Roos, Helgen, Portela Miguez, Naw May Lay Thant, Ngwe Lwin, Aung Ko Lin, Aung Lin, Khin Mar Yi, Paing Soe, Zin Mar Hein, Margaret Nyein Nyein Myint, Ahmed, Chetry, Urh, Veatch, Duncan, Kamminga, Chua, Yao, Matauschek, Meyer, Liu, Li, Nadler, Fan, Quyet, Hofreiter, Zinner & Momberg (2020:657) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/50580)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000709) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/39849/196325582) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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