Proboscis Monkey Maskot Tahun Melawat Malaysia 2014 | Visit Malaysia 2014

"Proboscis Monkey" Maskot Tahun Melawat Malaysia 2014 | Visit Malaysia 2014 | Ini la kalau korang nak tahu spesies monyet yang dilindungi "Proboscis Monkey" telah diiktiraf menjadi maskot untuk tahun melawat malaysia 2014 .

"The proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus) or long-nosed monkey, known as the bekantan in Malay, is a reddish-brown arboreal Old World monkey that isendemic to the south-east Asian island of Borneo. It belongs in the monotypic genus Nasalis, although the pig-tailed langur has traditionally also been included in this genus – a treatment still preferred by some.

The monkey also goes by the Malay name monyet belanda ("Dutch monkey"), or even orang belanda ("Dutchman"), as Indonesians remarked that the Dutchcolonisers often had similarly large bellies and noses.

This species of monkey is easily identifiable because of its unusually large nose." _ Wikipedia [klik]