Nasalis Larvatus Paris 150110
Nasalis may refer to: * Proboscis monkey (''Nasalis larvatus''), the only monkey in the genus ''Nasalis'' * Nasalis muscle The nasalis muscle is a sphincter-like muscle of the Human nose, nose. It has a transverse part and an alar part. It compresses the nasal cartilages, and can "flare" the Nostril, nostrils. It can be used to test the facial nerve (VII), which suppl ... {{disambig ...
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Proboscis Monkey
The proboscis monkey or long-nosed monkey (''Nasalis larvatus'') is an arboreal Old World monkey with an unusually large nose (or proboscis), a reddish-brown skin color and a long tail. It is endemic to the southeast Asian island of Borneo and is found mostly in mangrove forests and on the coastal areas of the island. This species co-exists with the Bornean orangutan and monkeys such as the silvery lutung. It belongs in the monotypic genus ''Nasalis''. Taxonomy The proboscis monkey belongs to the subfamily Colobinae of the Old World monkeys. The two subspecies are: *''N. l. larvatus'' (Wurmb, 1787), which occupies the whole range of the species excluding northeast Kalimantan *''N. l. orientalis'' (Chasen, 1940), restricted to north-east Kalimantan However, the difference between the subspecies is small, and not all authorities recognise ''N. l. orientalis''. The genus name ''Nasalis'' comes from the Latin word ''nasus'' meaning "nose". This animal was made known to We ...
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