PIG-TAILED LANGURS

The pig-tailed langur genus, Simias, includes one species and two subspecies.

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Simias concolor

CONSERVATION STATUS: CRITICALLY ENDANGERED

Endemic to Indonesia, the pig-tailed snub-nosed langur (also known by its less-pejorative nickname, the simakobu monkey) is found only on the archipelago of Mentawai off the western coast of Sumatra. Interspersed through the islands of Siberut, Sipora, North Pagai, and South Pagai, and through a few offshore islets…

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