The proboscis monkey or long-nosed monkey, known as the bekantan in Malay, is a reddish-brown arboreal Old World monkey that is endemic to the south-east Asian island of Borneo. It belongs in the monotypic genus ''Nasalis'', although the pig-tailed langur has traditionally also been included in this genus - a treatment still preferred by some.
The monkey also goes by the Malay name ''monyet belanda'' , or even ''orang belanda'' , as Indonesians remarked that the Dutch colonisers often.. more
Specie identified by bpeters
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