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Robinson's banded langur (''Presbytis robinsoni''), also known as Robinson's banded surili, is a species of monkey in the family
Cercopithecidae Old World monkey is the common English name for a family of primates known taxonomically as the Cercopithecidae (). Twenty-four genera and 138 species are recognized, making it the largest primate family. Old World monkey genera include baboons ...
. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the
Raffles' banded langur The Raffles' banded langur (''Presbytis femoralis''), also known as the banded leaf monkey or banded surili, is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae. It is endemic to Singapore and southern Peninsular Malaysia. The species underwen ...
''Presbytis femoralis'', but genetic analysis revealed that it is no more related to Raffles' banded langur than it is to several other ''Presbytis'' species. It lives in the northern
Malay Peninsula The Malay Peninsula ( Malay: ''Semenanjung Tanah Melayu'') is a peninsula in Mainland Southeast Asia. The landmass runs approximately north–south, and at its terminus, it is the southernmost point of the Asian continental mainland. The are ...
, including southern
Burma Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...
and
Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is b ...
. It is listed as
near threatened A near-threatened species is a species which has been categorized as "Near Threatened" (NT) by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as that may be vulnerable to endangerment in the near future, but it does not currently qualify fo ...
by the IUCN.


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{{Taxonbar, from=Q41087741 Presbytis Mammals of Malaysia Mammals of Myanmar Mammals of Thailand Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas Primates of Southeast Asia Mammals described in 1910 Near threatened biota of Asia Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN