Trachypithecus auratus Geoffroy 1812 (Javan lutung)

Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae

Alternative combination: Cercopithecus auratus

Synonyms: Pithecus pyrrhus Horsfield 1824, Semnopithecus pyrrhus Horsfield 1824, Trachypithecus cristatus pyrrhus Horsfield 1824, Trachypithecus pyrrhus Horsfield 1824

Belongs to Trachypithecus according to L. E. Harding 2010

See also Hooijer 1962, Jablonski 2002, Miller 1942, Osterholz et al. 2008 and Washburn 1944

Sister taxa: Trachypithecus barbei, Trachypithecus catemana, Trachypithecus crepusculus, Trachypithecus cristatus, Trachypithecus delacouri, Trachypithecus ebenus, Trachypithecus flavicauda, Trachypithecus francoisi, Trachypithecus geei, Trachypithecus germaini, Trachypithecus hatinhensis, Trachypithecus laotum, Trachypithecus leucocephalus, Trachypithecus margarita, Trachypithecus mauritius, Trachypithecus maurus, Trachypithecus obscurus, Trachypithecus phayrei, Trachypithecus pileatus, Trachypithecus poliocephalus, Trachypithecus selangorensis, Trachypithecus shortridgei, Trachypithecus sondaicus

Subtaxa: Pithecus pyrrhus kohlbruggei

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Ecology: arboreal frugivore-folivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Trachypithecus auratus in the database

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