#0363 · 🦊 mammals

Proboscis Monkey

🇳🇱 Neusaap ·Nasalis larvatus

ENendangered 🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe

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1. © Sergey Pisarevskiy · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
2. © Bob Zakaria · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Ben Tsai蔡維哲 · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © canadianorway · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
5. © Michael Barth · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Bernard DUPONT · CC BY-SA 4.0
7. © Andy Tonge · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © QuestaGame · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
9. © cccrll · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. © Bernard DUPONT · CC BY-SA 4.0

what is it?

The proboscis monkey ( Nasalis larvatus ) or long-nosed monkey , known as the bekantan in Indonesia, is a reddish-brown arboreal Old World monkey with an unusually large nose. It is endemic to the southeast Asian island of Borneo.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 3,710iNaturalist observations
weight 455 gadult, up to
threat ENendangered

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
3,710 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs only about 455 g.
Scientifically named by Friedrich von Wurmb in 1787 (239 years ago).
Listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List.