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Primate Calls

  Play call / vocalisation Visit Page   Recording Details
              
Tarsius spectrumgurskyae
Gursky's Spectral Tarsier
  Tangkoko National Park, Sulawesi, Indonesia. Recorded by Yong Ding Li.
This vocalisation was recorded at night close to the roosting tree of a group of tarsier in lowland forest.
              
Hoolock hoolock
Western Hoolock
  Lawachara National Park, Bangladesh. Recorded by Yong Ding Li.
This is the typical call of members of the Hoolock genus.
              
Macaca fascicularis
Long-tailed Macaque
(Alarm call)
  Upper Peirce Forest, Singapore, 02 Dec 2018, 1600 hrs.
Alarm call emitted by an adult male, to alert the rest of the troop which were active at the edge of an area of secondary forest.
              
Macaca fascicularis
Long-tailed Macaque
(Soft calls made by infants)
  Botanic Gardens, Pulau Pinang, Peninsular Malaysia, 01 Oct 2019, 1900 hrs.
These quiet calls were heard coming from the forest, where a small group of Long-tailed Macaque were settling down for the night. The calls are made between infants, or are made by an infant communicating with its parent.
              
Presbytis femoralis
Raffles' Banded Langur
  Singapore, Upper Thomson, 09 May 2020, 0800 hrs
Alarm call heard from the upper canopy, where an adult pair were briefly observed.  Audio file thanks to Sophia Sak Baker.
              
Presbytis robinsoni
Robinson's Banded Langur
  Ulu Muda, Kedah, Peninsular Malaysia. Recorded by Yong Ding Li.
Recorded in lowland primary forest. Similar alarm calls are made by other species of Presbytis.
              
Presbytis siamensis rhionis
Bintan Island Pale-thighed Langur
  Bintan Island, Riau Archipelago, Indonesia. Recorded by Yong Ding Li.
This is the typical alarm call of a number of Presbytis species and subspecies.
              
Presbytis siamensis siamensis
Malayan Pale-thighed Langur
  Kledang-Saiong Reserve, Perak, Peninsular Malaysia, July 2023, 0930 hrs
This alarm call was heard high in the canopy, and the troop of 6-8 langurs immediately moved deeper into the forest.
              
Trachypithecus obscurus
Dusky Langur
  Johor, Peninsular Malaysia, 07 Sep 2019, 0815 hrs
A very loud alarm call made by an adult male, as it spotted a feral dog passing by. Later in the recording there is a crash of tree branches, as the langur moves deeper into the forest.
              
Hylobates agilis
Agile Gibbon
  Taiping, Perak, Peninsular Malaysia, 08 Jan 2025, 0931 hrs.
Heard calling from high up on the western slope of Bukit Larut (= Maxwell Hill), an area of primary lowland forest. 
              
Hylobates lar
White-handed Gibbon
  Johor, Peninsular Malaysia, 06 Mar 2015, 0928 hrs.
Heard calling early morning from an area of lowland forest, 300 metres from a main road.
              
Hylobates moloch
Javan Gibbon
  Mount Halimun, West Java, Indonesia. Recorded by Yong Ding Li.
Heard calling from the densely forested slopes of Mount Halimun one morning.
              
Nomascus gabriellae
Buff-cheeked Gibbon
  Cat Tien National Park, Vietnam. Recorded by Yong Ding Li.
This recording appears to capture two gibbons calling, and in the midst of the cacophony a loud bird call of some sort is also heard. 
              
Symphalangus syndactylus
Siamang
  Fraser's Hill, Peninsular Malaysia, 12 Dec 2014, 1650 hrs.
Recorded during the late afternoon, from forest edge habitat near human habitation, at an elevation of around 1000 metres.
Other mammal calls
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Paradoxurus musangus
Common Palm Civet
  Tanglin, Singapore. Recorded by Yong Ding Li.
This vocalisation was recorded at night in a suburb of Singapore which comprises low density, landed properties and mature parkland.
              
Iomys horsfieldii
Horsfield's Flying Squirrel
  Central Catchment Nature Reserve, Singapore, 12 Mar 2017, 2230 hrs.
Heard calling from mid-canopy at the edge of lowland, secondary forest. Other squirrels were heard the same evening calling from deeper in the forest.
              
Callosciurus notatus
Plantain Squirrel
  Sungei Buloh, Singapore, 11 Jan 2018, 1215 hrs.
These calls were recorded whilst a small group of Plantain Squirrel were highly active at the edge of mangrove habitat: they comprise typical chattering sounds with high-pitched squeaks.
              
Lariscus insignis
Three-striped Ground Squirrel
  Ulu Chepor, Perak, Peninsular Malaysia, 08 Aug 2024, 1630 hrs.
This appears to be an alarm call, emitted when the squirrel was disturbed along a forest path. The call was repeated every 15 seconds or so.
              
Sundasciurus tenuis
Slender Squirrel
  This chattering bird-like call, typical of the Slender Squirrel, was recorded on 17 Jan 2017 at 10:09 hrs, in lowland, secondary forest in Singapore.
              
Tupaia glis
Common Treeshrew
  Windsor Nature Park, Singapore, 31 Jan 2018, 1830 hrs.
These vocalisations were emitted whilst two treeshrews were interacting. A similar, but louder, alarm call may be emitted when a treeshrew is suddenly encountered along a forest trail.