Proboscis Monkey

Caroline & Natalie April, 2012 http://www.arkive.org/proboscis-monkey/nasalis larvatus/image-G6356.html

Species Name

Proboscis Monkey – Nasalis Larvatus Proboscis means nose as for the Proboscis Monkey has a giant nose!

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Where it Lives?

• • They are found only in Borneo They live in trees near rivers or water sources http://www.arkive.org/proboscis-monkey/nasalis-larvatus/image-G19663.html

How Threatened is it?

http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/14352/0

The Proboscis Monkey has a very high risk of being extinct in the wild!

How Many are Left?

• There are fewer then 8,000 Proboscis Monkey’s still in the world http://www.arkive.org/proboscis-monkey/nasalis-larvatus/image-G116548.html

Threats?

• • http://www.arkive.org/proboscis-monkey/nasalis-larvatus/image Trees are cut down G5845.html

Small areas of forest to use Borneo’s the world’s largest place to produce palm oil from their trees!

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Positive Efforts

There’s laws in all of Borneo The “Wildlife

Protection Act,” “Wildlife Protection Ordinance,” & “Wildlife Conservation Enactment”

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Unique

• • • They’re mascot of Sabah (a state in Borneo) Males noses turn red when angry They live in harems – 1 male, 6 females & 4-5 juveniles http://www.arkive.org/proboscis-monkey/nasalis-larvatus/image G5664.html

Connected

• • Proboscis Monkey jumps far like other monkeys It jumps from tree to tree and looks like it’s flying http://www.arkive.org/proboscis-monkey/nasalis-larvatus/image-G10391.html

Females Reproduce?

How long does it take for the females to reproduce?

The females reproduce every 160 days http://www.arkive.org/proboscis-monkey/nasalis-larvatus/image-G6361.html

Live Birth?

Do the Proboscis Monkeys have live birth?

They have live birth but the males are not there

Works Consulted Rake, Jody S. The Proboscis Monkey. Mankato: Capstone Press, 2009. Print.

Richardson, Matt. "http://www.arkive.org/probosci s-monkey/nasalis-larvatus." arkive.org. 1 Sept. 2006. Web. 1 Jan. Sanderson, Jane. "Honk If You Like Monkeys." sirs.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Apr. 2012.

eol.org. N.p., 30 Apr. 2006. Web. 30 Apr. 2012.

Images

http://www.arkive.org/proboscis-monkey/nasalis-larvatus/image-G6356.html

http://www.arkive.org/proboscis-monkey/nasalis-larvatus/image-G19668.html

http://www.arkive.org/proboscis-monkey/nasalis-larvatus/image-G19663.html

http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/14352/0 http://www.arkive.org/proboscis-monkey/nasalis-larvatus/image G116548.html

http://www.arkive.org/proboscis-monkey/nasalis-larvatus/image-G5845.html

http://www.arkive.org/proboscis-monkey/nasalis-larvatus/image-G19666.html

http://www.arkive.org/proboscis-monkey/nasalis-larvatus/image-G5664.html

http://www.arkive.org/proboscis-monkey/nasalis-larvatus/image-G10391.html

http://www.arkive.org/proboscis-monkey/nasalis-larvatus/image-G6361.html