Raffles' banded langur: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Raffles' banded langur lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Presbytis femoralis
Group	Monkeys
Status	Critically endangered (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Asia
Class	Mammal
Order	Primates
Family	Cercopithecidae

Where does the Raffles' banded langur live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Raffles' banded langur in 1 country or territory across Asia. Wikidata gives its range as: Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra.

Singapore

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the Raffles' banded langur endangered?

The Raffles' banded langur’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Critically endangered” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Raffles' banded langur?

The Raffles' banded langur (Presbytis femoralis) is a mammal in the order Primates and the family Cercopithecidae, genus Presbytis. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About 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 underwent taxonomic revisions in 2019 and 2020, in which two former subspecies were elevated to separate species. As a result, the Raffles' banded langur meets the criteria for being listed as critically endangered by the IUCN. It is mainly threatened by habitat loss.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Raffles' banded langur (revision 1368888540), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q374384 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).