Trachypithecus melamera

(D. G. Elliot, 1909)

Shan 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

Elliot, D.G. 1909-09-01. Descriptions of apparently new species and subspecies of monkeys of the genera Callicebus, Lagothrix, Papio, Pithecus, Cercopithecus, Erythroccbus, and Presbytis. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)4(21):244-274.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22097646

Original name as described

Presbytis melamera

Other common names

Shan State Langur

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1888.12.1.64

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1ce7eff8-31d5-40a6-bfdc-9c7f2e58de9d https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/dcc77949-51cd-450b-a7f3-54d85077c625

Type locality

Cadu Ciaung, Bhamo, N Burma.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Myanmar · China

Taxonomy notes

split from T. phayrei

Taxonomy notes citation

Roos, C., Helgen, K. M., Miguez, R. P., Thant, N. M. L., Lwin, N., Lin, A. K., Lin, A., Yi, K. M., Soe, P., Hein, Z. M., Myint, M. N. N., Ahmed, T., Chetry, D., Urh, M., Veatch, E. G., Duncan, N., Kamminga, P., Chua, M. A. H., Yao, L., Matauschek, C., Meyer, D., Liu, Z.-J., Li, M., Nadler, T., Fan, P.-F., Quyet, L. K., Hofreiter, M., Zinner, D., & Momberg, F. (2020). Mitogenomic phylogeny of the Asian colobine genus Trachypithecus with special focus on Trachypithecus phayrei (Blyth, 1847) and description of a new species. Zoological Research, 41(6), 656-669.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006507

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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.

Presbytis melamera

(D. G. Elliot, 1909)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

melamera

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1888.12.1.64

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1ce7eff8-31d5-40a6-bfdc-9c7f2e58de9d https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/dcc77949-51cd-450b-a7f3-54d85077c625

Authority page

267

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22097646

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Pygathrix melamera

(D. G. Elliot, 1913)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

melamera

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

lxiii

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602357

Authority publication

New York

Name usages

Elliot (1913:lxiii, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602357) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35489)

Pithecus shanicus

(Wroughton, 1917)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

shanicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1914.7.8.5

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/05c3521f-ff43-488e-bb20-a11056f595e4 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/457b29a8-89f9-453f-93ee-88dfc74e1ea1

Authority page

47

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5453809

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Trachypithecus obscurus shanicus

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

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

shanicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

144

Authority publication

International Journal of Primatology

Name usages

Brandon-Jones, Eudey, Geissmann, Groves, Melnick, Morales, Shekelle & Stewart (2004:144) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5237)

Trachypithecus phayrei shanicus

Groves, 2005

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

shanicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  2. Roos, Boonratana, Supriatna, Fellowes, Groves, Nash, Rylands & Mittermeier (2014:13) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20030)

Trachypithecus melamera

Mammal Diversity Database, 2024

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

melamera

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · unpublished_electronic

Authority page URI

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006507

Name usages

Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006507) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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