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	Proboscis Monkey (Nasalis larvatus)
		The average body mass for an adult male proboscis monkey is between 16 and 22 kilograms, and for the females it is between 7 and 12 kilograms.
		The proboscis monkey is described as being a folivore/frugivore (Yeager, 1989).
		Galdikas, B.M. Crocodile predation on a proboscis monkey in Borneo.
	members.tripod.com /uakari/nasalis_larvatus.html (2447 words)

	Proboscis Monkey - Nasalis larvatus
		Proboscis monkeys are colobine monkeys and they have a unique digestive system that allows them to use leaves as their main food supply.
		Proboscis monkeys are dependent on habitats that adjoin rivers, and usually don't move farther than 1,969 feet (600 m) from a river or stream.
		In 1977 it was estimated that 6,400 proboscis monkeys remained in the wild in the province of Sarawak.
	www.blueplanetbiomes.org /proboscis_monkey.htm (1092 words)

	Pictures of the proboscis monkey\|Nasalis larvatus facts
		The flesh of the proboscis monkey is regarded as something of a delicacy and it is actively hunted by the natives of Borneo, but with little success, because these monkeys are wary and they flee at the slightest sign of danger.
		Proboscis Monkeys are so-named because of their large and prominent noses The males, especially, have very large noses, which can hang down over their mouths.
		Endemic to the island of Borneo, proboscis monkeys are the heaviest of a group of primates found in much of the equatorial forest belt in Asia and Africa.
	www.thewebsiteofeverything.com /animals/mammals/Primates/Cercopithecidae/Nasalis/Nasalis-larvatus.html (874 words)

	Proboscis Monkey
		The proboscis monkey can only be found on the island of Borneo, in mangrove forests and in lowland rainforests, no more than 600 metres at most, and usually less than 15 metres from a river or stream.
		At last count, there were only 7,000 proboscis monkeys left in Borneo, but the numbers are declining rapidly despite the fact that they are protected by the government.
		Proboscis monkeys have shown very poor survival rates in zoos and wildlife sanctuaries, and often have much shorter lifespans than proboscis monkeys in the wild.
	www.robstewartphotography.com /facts/Proboscis.asp?i_id=630 (540 words)

	Ladywildlifes Proboscis Monkey Page
		The proboscis monkey is related to the colobus monkeys of Southern Asia.
		Proboscis monkeys are not aggressive, however, and they share their ranged with other animals.
		The proboscis monkey is hunted by clouded leopards in the trees and by crocodiles in the water.
	ladywildlife.com /animal/ProboscisMonkey.html (742 words)

	Proboscis Monkey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The most distinctive trait of this monkey is the male's large protruding nose.
		The Proboscis Monkey is distributed only in the coastal mangrove, swamps and riverine forests of eastern Borneo.
		The Proboscis Monkey lifestyle is both arboreal and amphibious, with its mangrove swamp and riverine environment containing forest, dry land, shallow water allowing wading, and deep water requiring swimming.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Proboscis_Monkey (528 words)

	Proboscis monkey - Nasalis larvatus: More Information - ARKive
		Apart from their large noses, male proboscis monkeys are also distinctive by being much larger and heavier than females, and having a bright red, visible penis and fl scrotum (2) (5).
		Proboscis monkeys are found in either coastal mangrove forests or in lowland rainforest close to freshwater rivers (7).
		Proboscis monkeys do not adapt to degraded habitat and recent technical advances have meant that even mangrove swamps may now be logged (4).
	www.arkive.org /species/GES/mammals/Nasalis_larvatus/more_info.html (804 words)

	Proboscis Monkey (Nasalis larvatus)
		Proboscis monkeys are confined to the island of Borneo; Indonesia and Malaysia.
		Proboscis monkeys are diurnal, preferring to be active from late afternoon until dark.
		Proboscis monkeys are protected from hunting and capture in Borneo but the destruction of the mangrove forest has limited the population.
	www.indonesianfauna.com /proboscismonkey.php (809 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for proboscis
		proboscis A tubular protrusion from the anterior of an animal.
		Nemertini (Rhyncocoela, Nemertea, Nemertinea, proboscis worms, ribbon worms) A phylum of unsegmented, nonparasitic worms which are bilaterally symmetrical and elongate.
		Borneo's proboscis monkeys smell trouble: endowed with one of nature's most outlandish noses, a proboscis monkey munches a tender leaf.
	www.encyclopedia.com /searchpool.asp?target=proboscis (673 words)

	Proboscis Monkey - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Proboscis Monkey, large, long-tailed primate found on the island of Borneo.
		- monkey with long nose: a large monkey with reddish fur and a protruding bulbous nose that in older males becomes pendulous.
		ape, aye-aye, baboon, Barbary ape, bonnet monkey, capuchin, chimp, chimpanzee, colobus, gibbon, gorilla, human, lemur, macaque, mandrill, marmoset,...
	encarta.msn.com /Proboscis_Monkey.html (171 words)

	Proboscis Monkeys Caught - Many Die (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Proboscis monkeys (known in Indonesia as "bekantan") are remarkable animals found only on the island of Borneo.
		Proboscis monkeys are known to be difficult to keep alive in captivity because of their specialized diets and the stress of captive living.
		Note that most proboscis monkeys exported in the past to foreign zoos have died and request that Indonesia allow no further exports of this species to foreign zoos.
	www.ippl.org /ProboscisMonkeys.html (1684 words)

	Proboscis Monkey, Malaysian Borneo
		Among the rarest primates on earth, proboscis monkeys are known for their long pendulous nose and large stomach.
		Proboscis monkeys tend to stay in groups of 3 to 32 individuals.
		Proboscis monkeys are one of the best swimmers in the primate world, but they swim only when they must.
	www.dmcphoto.com /Proboscis1.html (150 words)

	ADW: Nasalis larvatus: Information
		Proboscis monkeys are confined to the island of Borneo; they prefer coastal regions to inland areas.
		The fur of the adult proboscis monkey is pink and brown with red around the head and shoulders.
		The basic social unit in proboscis monkeys is a single adult male with from 2 to 7 adult females.
	animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu /site/accounts/information/Nasalis_larvatus.html (1153 words)

	Comparative Placentation
		It is of considerable interest, however, that Wislocki (1939) had examined the uterus of a proboscis monkey that contained twins, a male and female.
		Male and female karyotypes of proboscis monkey from Hsu and Benirschke, 1975.
		The deaths of proboscis monkeys at San Diego were frequently due to infection with cryptococci, but it is not known whether this is due to an immune deficiency.
	medicine.ucsd.edu /cpa/prob.htm (1782 words)

	SabahTravelGuide.Com, The ultimate travel guide to Sabah, Borneo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Nobody knows why proboscis monkeys have such a very limited distribution, and why they are not found in the vast tracts of rainforest throughout inland Borneo...
		Sukau provides the best sighting of proboscis monkeys, where they can be viewed from a very near distance and are well adopted to visitors and some of them actually like to pose or show off....
		Proboscis monkey do have a set of social system, but it is more flexible and possibly more subtle, than that of many other primates.
	www.sabahtravelguide.com /mapguide/default.asp?page=sukau_monkey (469 words)

	KSBK Report on Proboscis Disaster (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The large shipments of proboscis monkeys to Surabaya zoo have raised a big question mark - why did all of these Proboscis Monkeys have to be sent to the zoo while there are still many other places which are regarded as more natural and suitable ones as the habitat of proboscis monkey.
		Because of the addition of monkeys from Kaget island, the total number of Proboscis Monkey in Surabaya zoo in December 1998 was 72 monkeys.
		Proboscis monkeys were delivered from Kaget Island to Surabaya Zoo by plane, whereas according to a zoo veterinarian, these Proboscis monkeys were delivered by ship.
	www.ippl.org /KSBK-proboscis.html (2020 words)

	Animal Planet :: Corwin's Carnival of Creatures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Proboscis monkeys can weigh up to 50 pounds, which is heavy for any tree-dwelling animal and could cause problems with balance, if it were not for the monkeys' large tails.
		Proboscis monkeys may travel more than a mile a day for food, though they rarely stray far from the water.
		Proboscis monkeys are also known as "Dutchman monkeys," in a somewhat irreverent nod to Kalimantan's former colonial rulers.
	animal.discovery.com /fansites/jeffcorwin/carnival/primate/proboscis.html (619 words)

	Proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus) - picture and info
		So Proboscis monkeys have to eat a lot of leaves and spend most of their time on feeding.
		The prefered habitat of Proboscis monkeys are rainforests of the lowlands and most of all mangrove-forests at the river mouths.
		In spite of the unapproachability of its habitat the Proboscis monkey is regarded to be endangered, since habitat destruction doesn't stop even at such places.
	magazine.naturspot.de /text/proboscis-monkey.html (707 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Proboscis monkeys rarely need to drink, getting all their water from their leaves.
		Proboscis monkeys have been seen in groups averaging 12-27 and as many as 60-80, comprising many males and females.
		The newborn Proboscis has a deep blue face and sparse almost fl fur which changes to the adult colours at about 3-4 months, although its face continues to have a bluish tinge until it is about a year old.
	www.szgdocent.org /resource/pp/p-probos.htm (1295 words)

	Archived conservation news articles on Proboscis Monkey
		Probably the most fascinating of the primates is the proboscis monkey from Borneo, with its amazing long nose.
		The Proboscis monkey was chosen as the mascot for the VCD as the species is easily found in the east coast.
		He cited nature is icons like the Orang-utan, the Sumatran rhino, the Proboscis monkey, Sabah's pygmy elephants, the rain forests of Borneo from Gunung Gading...
	conservation.mongabay.com /news/Proboscis_Monkey.htm (944 words)

	BBC - Science & Nature - Articles - The proboscis monkey - Borneo's big nose
		The first Europeans to lay eyes on the proboscis monkey described it in prose that ran the gamut from revulsion to incredulity.
		The proboscis favours the largely inaccessible dense foliage of coastal mangrove and peat swamps, which means that only where populations exist in inland, tree-lined riverine habitats is there any chance of seeing it.
		Then there was another loud plop, and we realised we were witnessing one of the great wonders of the proboscis monkey world: a spectacular serial bellyflop, with the whole troop taking the same route.
	www.bbc.co.uk /nature/animals/features/226index.shtml (531 words)

	Filatelic.com - Malaysia / Malaysian Proboscis Red Leaf Monkey Stamps & FDCs
		Leaf Monkeys live in complex societies, with adults, juveniles and newborns, clinging tightly to their mothers, making their way through the forest canopy, Typically, groups revolve around a single adult male and several females, with or without the young.
		Baby leaf monkeys are born with their eyes open and can cling on to the mother's fur as she travels and forages for food.
		Groups of proboscis monkeys, ranging from 3 to 32 individuals, will not move further than 600 metres from a river or stream.
	www.filatelic.com /00-05/Monyet.html (328 words)

	What is a proboscis?
		On other mammals, a proboscis is a long flexible snout – for example, on elephant’s trunk is its proboscis.
		Another mammal that has a proboscis is a type of monkey that is named after its big snout.
		When a butterfly sees a flower with delicious nectar, it uncurls its proboscis and sticks it into the flower, sucking the nectar out as if it were drinking from a straw.
	www.howardcc.edu /kids/proboscis.html (202 words)

	Mid Term Papers: Term Papers on ÿ The Proboscis Monkey
		The Proboscis Monkey is found in the coastal and river regions on the
		The male proboscis is a bizarre-looking creature; on average it weighs 20
		Proboscis monkeys are reddish-brown in colour, with grey
	www.midtermpapers.com /13528.htm (502 words)

	Proboscis Monkeys @ National Geographic Magazine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Specialized plant-eaters, proboscis monkeys appear permanently potbellied because of their huge chambered stomachs, which contain a bacterial soup that helps them digest seeds, leaves, and green fruits.
		Proboscis monkeys need large tracts of forest to sustain their dwindling populations on Borneo.
		The monkeys of the world are divided into two groups: the Old World monkeys of Africa and Asia and the New World monkeys of Central and South America.
	magma.nationalgeographic.com /ngm/0208/feature7 (547 words)

	Proboscis Monkey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The primates are represented in Borneo by six families including the Hominidae, the family of Man. All primates have hands and feet which can grasp, digits generally with nails rather than claws, and both eyes on the front of the face.
		The monkeys (family Cercopithecidae) and apes (families Hylobatidae and Pongidae) are diurnal and, along with tree squirrels and treeshrews, are the only mammals active in trees during the daytime.
		Monkeys in Borneo are represented by two distinct groups: the langurs or leaf monkeys and the Proboscis Monkeys (subfamily Colobinae) and the macaques (subfamily Cercopithecidae).
	www.forestry.sarawak.gov.my /forweb/wildlife/mgmt/tpa/pmonk.htm (420 words)

	BBC - Science & Nature - Wildfacts - Proboscis monkey, long-nosed monkey
		Proboscis monkeys have the longest noses of all primates.
		Proboscis monkeys feed on leaves, seeds, fruits, flowers and a very small proportion of animal prey.
		Proboscis monkeys are listed as Endangered by the 2000 IUCN Red List.
	www.bbc.co.uk /nature/wildfacts/factfiles/319.shtml (238 words)

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