Black-crested Sumatran langur | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Suborder: | Haplorhini |
Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
Family: | Cercopithecidae |
Genus: | Presbytis |
Species: | P. melalophos |
Binomial name | |
Presbytis melalophos (Raffles, 1821) | |
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Combined range black-crested Sumatran langur, black Sumatran langur, black-and-white langur and mitered langur |
The black-crested Sumatran langur (Presbytis melalophos) is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae. It is endemic to Sumatra in Indonesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. [1]
The black Sumatran langur, black-and-white langur, Sarawak surili, Raffles' banded langur and mitered langur were formerly considered subspecies of P. melalophos. [2] [3]
Black-crested Sumatran langurs are frugivorous and folivorous. With fruit making up 50 to 60 percent of their diet, the rest consists of leaves and occasionally seeds and flowers. Their foregut is enlarged and has the capacity for microbial fermentation. Black-crested Sumatran langurs feed from up to 197 different species of trees. It prefers new leaves to mature leaves. [4]
The main predators of black-crested Sumatran langurs include snakes in the genus Python and birds of prey, including crested serpent eagles. [5]