Typical Wild Life - Primates

Pig-tailed, Snub-nosed Langur-

- These primates are dark in color with a snub nose, or flat like nose, with light brown eyes and a thin, hairless tail. They are herbivores who eat leaves, fruits, berries and even flowers and are endemic to smaller Indonesian islands. They spend almost all of their lives in the trees and usually in groups of 3-8 with one male, 1-2 females and their offspring, alternatively males can sometimes for all male groups where they behave loudly and compete with each other to attract females attention. Interestingly the populations found near human populations show monogamous relationships while those further away seem to show polyamorous relationships. One can decipher between males and females by body size, fur coloring and canine teeth lengths, the males being larger with larger teeth. They are listed as critically endangered mostly due to hunting and habitat loss. (Top Photo)

Proboscis Monkeys-

- Thesse monkeys are Endemic to the tropical rain forests of Borneo and spend most of their lives in the trees and rarely venture to the ground. They tend to live in groups with one dominant male and 2-7 females and there offspring, and they often sleep near water. They are known as the worlds most prolific swimmers of the primates and they often swing out of trees landing in the water with a bellyflop, they are even adapted with webbed feet to out swim Crocodiles and other predators. You can differentiate the males and females by the size and appearance of the nose, males are about twice the size of the females and their noses are lengthy where as the females more resemble a normal shaped nose. They eat leaves, seeds, fruits and sometimes insects. These monkeys have been listed as endangered since 2000 due to habitat loss and hunting, which is also paired with the fact that this species does not do well in captivity therefore repopulation efforts have been mostly ineffective. (Bottom Photo)