Presbytis mitrata Eschscholtz 1821 (monkey)

Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae

Alternative combination: Semnopithecus mitratus

Full reference: F. Eschscholtz. 1821. Description of a new species of monkey. A voyage of discovery, into the South Sea and Beering's straits, for the purpose of exploring a north-east passage, undertaken in the years 1815-1818, at the expense of His Highness ... Count Romanzoff, in the ship Rurick, under the command of the lieutenant in the Russian imperial navy, Otto von Kotzebue 353-356

Belongs to Presbytis according to D. Meyer et al. 2011

See also Stone and Rehn 1902 and Thomas 1911

Sister taxa: Presbytis aygula, Presbytis bicolor, Presbytis canicrus, Presbytis chrysomelas, Presbytis comata, Presbytis eohanuman, Presbytis femoralis, Presbytis frontata, Presbytis hosei, Presbytis melalophos, Presbytis natunae, Presbytis potenziani, Presbytis rubicunda, Presbytis sabana, Presbytis schistaceus, Presbytis siamensis, Presbytis siberu, Presbytis sumatrana, Presbytis thomasi

Ecology: arboreal frugivore-folivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Presbytis mitrata in the database

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