Sumatran Surili

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Sumatran Surili[1]
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Cercopithecidae
Genus: Presbytis
Species: P. melalophos
Binomial name
Presbytis melalophos
(Raffles, 1821)

The Sumatran Surili (Presbytis melalophos) is a species of primate in the Cercopithecidae family. It is endemic to Indonesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Groves, Colin (16 November 2005). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 171-172. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. 
  2. ^ a b Eudey, A. & Members of the Primate Specialist Group (2000). Presbytis melalophos. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 2007-07-29.
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