Silvery lutung: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the silvery lutung lives – recorded in 3 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Trachypithecus cristatus
Group	Monkeys
Status	Vulnerable (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	3 countries
Continents	Asia
Class	Mammal
Order	Primates
Family	Cercopithecidae

Where does the silvery lutung live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the silvery lutung in 3 countries and territories across Asia. Wikidata gives its range as: Sumatra, Kalimantan, Malaysia, Thailand.

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 silvery lutung endangered?

The silvery lutung’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Vulnerable” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the silvery lutung?

The silvery lutung (Trachypithecus cristatus) is a mammal in the order Primates and the family Cercopithecidae, genus Trachypithecus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the silvery lutung

The silvery lutung (Trachypithecus cristatus), also known as the silvered leaf monkey or the silvery langur, is an Old World monkey. It is arboreal, living in coastal, mangrove, and riverine forests in Sumatra, Borneo, Java, as well as in parts of the southwestern Malay Peninsula, the Natuna Islands, and other nearby islands. It is the type species of its species group.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Silvery lutung (revision 1379340458), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q368754 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).