Indonesian Primate Profile of The Month Eng

KEKAH NATUNAE (Presbytis Natunae) Kekah natuna is threatened with extinction, this animal is a rare animal that only exists in Natuna Regency. Based on researchers at the Center for Biodiversity and Conservation Studies (PSBK) and students of the Postgraduate Program, Conservation Biology, University of Indonesia (UI), Kekah natuna is only found on Natuna Island (Big […]

Presbytis Hosei Presbytis hosei (Hose’s langur) is a primate species from the family Cercopithecidae, subfamily Colobinae. These primate animals are endemic to Borneo which are spread in Brunei, East Kalimantan and East Malaysia. According to IUCN 2016, the conservation status of P. hosei is included in the vunerable category (at high risk of being threatened […]

Javan gibbon (Hylobates moloch) Javan gibbon (Hylobates moloch) or Silvery gibbon known as Javan gibbon is one of the endemic primate species of the island of Java, included in the category of endangered according to the IUCN red list (the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) and listed in Annex I CITES […]

Tarsius Bancanus Tarsius bancanus, known as Mentilin or in English known as Horsfield’s Tarsier or Western Tarsier, is an endemic animal spread throughout Sulawesi, Kalimantan, Bangka and Belitung. These primate animals are designated as the fauna of identity in the province of Bangka Belitung based on the ministerial decree in the State Number: 522.53-958 / […]

Tarsius spectrum Other name Tangkasi (Minahasa) (Supriatna et al. 2000) Classification Order: Primates Infraordo: Tarsiiformes (Gregory 1915) Family: Tarsiidae (Gray 1825) Genus: Tarsius (Storr 1780) Species: Tarsius spectrum Tangkasi (Tarsius spectrum) is a primate of the genus Tarsius and the family Tarsiidae which is the only surviving family of the order Tarsiiformes. Although this group […]

Macaca fascicularis Macaca fascicularis synonymous with long-tailed macaque (Monyet Ekor Panjang), cynomolgus monkey and crab-eating monkey native to Southeast Asia (Indonesia, Malaysia, Philipines). In Indonesia they are widely distributed in Sumatera, Jawa, Bali, and Kalimantan. They live in social group as diurnal and arboreal, locomotion quadrupedal, swim well and jump into water from nearby tress. […]