Mentawai Surili

Presbytis potenziani

Conservation Status

Critically Endangered

Mammalia · Primates · Cercopithecidae

About

The Mentawai langur is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae. It is endemic to the Mentawai Islands in Indonesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. The Siberut langur was formerly considered a subspecies of the Mentawai langur.

Fun Fact

but groups that forage in secondary forests have a diet of 70% fruits and seeds and up to 35% "climber" type vegetation.

Quick Facts

Habitat

Endemic to the islands of Sipora, North Pagai, and South Pagai.

Diet

Diet consists of 55% leaves, 32% fruit and seed and 13% other source of food such as flowers, bark, sap, and fungi.

Lifespan

To be updated

Threats

Habitat Destruction
Pollution
Invasive Species
Over-Collection
Climate Change

External Data Sources

Recent sightings on iNaturalist IUCN Red List profile

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