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Silvered Leaf Monkey
   

Adult male photographed at Bintan Island, Riau Archipelago, Indonesia.
Photographed at Kuala Selangor Nature Park, Selangor, Peninsular Malaysia.
 

Order : PRIMATES
Family : Cercopithecidae
Species : Trachypithecus cristatus

Head-body length : 41-54 cm
Tail length : 60-76 cm
Weight : 4.0-6.5 kg

References : M2

The adult Silvered Leaf Monkey is identified by its dark, silver-tipped fur and its dark-skinned face; the infants, however, are a startling bright orange. 

The species can generally be found in groups of up to 10 individuals feeding on young leaf shoots or forest fruits in swampy areas, riverine forests and back-mangrove. 

 
 

Feeding on young leaf shoots.

It ranges from Indochina, Southern Burma, Southern Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia to Sumatra, Java and Borneo. In Sabah (Malaysian Borneo) reddish adults also occur.