Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Proboscis Monkey, Only In Borneo


Proboscis Monkey, among the world's most unusual and endangered animals. This kind of monkey is also known as the Monyet Belanda in Indonesian and the Malay dialect (literally: "Dutchman monkey"). In Englihs it is also often referred to as Nasalis Gerardis and the Long-nosed Monkey.
The Nasalis Lavartusis is endemic to the island known best in English a Borneo, occurring in Brunei, Indonesia (Kalimantan) and Malaysia (Sabah and Sarawak). Originally it inhabited the whole of coastal Borneo, as well as the satellite islands of Berhala, Sebatik and Pulau LautThe Proboscis Monkey is endemic to Kalimantan and Borneo's riparian-riverine forests, coastal lowland forest, mangrove swamps, peat swamps and freshwater swamp forest. It rarely ranges far from its local habitat’s waterway.
Proboscis Monkeys are mostly found in the State of Sabah, Malaysia (formerly known as North Borneo). One of the largest group of proboscis monkeys can easily be found along the Klias River. Proboscis Monkeys usually move in group of 8 to 15 numbers. Larger group may consist up to 20 or more (http://www.borneostarcruise.com/proboscis.cfm).
 

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