Editing Proboscis monkey (section)

{{Short description|Primate species}}
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{{Speciesbox
| name = Proboscis monkey
| status = EN
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn |title=''Nasalis larvatus'' |name-list-style=amp |author=Boonratana, R. |author2=Cheyne, S.M. |author3=Traeholt, C. |author4=Nijman, V. |author5=Supriatna, J. |date=2021 |page=e.T14352A195372486 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T14352A195372486.en |access-date=17 January 2022}}</ref>
| status2 = CITES_A1 
 | status2_system = CITES 
 | status2_ref = <ref name=iucn/>
| image  = Proboscis Monkey in Borneo.jpg
| display_parents = 3
| genus = Nasalis
| parent_authority = [[Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire|É. Geoffroy]], 1812
| species = larvatus<ref name=msw3>{{MSW3 Primates|pages=168–169 |id=12100619}}</ref>
| authority = [[Friedrich von Wurmb|Wurmb]], 1787
| range_map = Nasalis larvatus range map.png
}}

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 [[Endemism|endemic]] to the [[southeast Asia]]n island of [[Borneo]] and is found mostly in [[mangrove forest]]s and on the coastal areas of the island.<ref name=":1">{{cite web|url = https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Nasalis_larvatus/|title = Proboscis monkey| website=[[Animal Diversity Web]] |date = December 2019|access-date = 11 December 2019}}</ref>

This species co-exists with the [[Bornean orangutan]] and monkeys such as the [[silvery lutung]].<ref>{{Cite journal|url = http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/bitstream/55097/2/WP138.pdf |journal=Working Papers on Economics, Ecology and the Environment |title=Conservation of the Proboscis Monkey and the Orangutan in Borneo: Comparative Issues and Economic Considerations |date = March 2007}}</ref> It belongs in the [[monotypic]] genus '''''Nasalis'''''.<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Bradon-Jones D. |author2=Eudey A. A. |author3=Geissmann T. |author4=Groves C. P. |author5=Melnick D. J. |author6=Morales J. C. |author7=Shekelle M. |author8=Stewart C. B. | year = 2004 | title = Asian primate classification | journal = International Journal of Primatology | volume = 25 | pages = 97–164 | doi=10.1023/B:IJOP.0000014647.18720.32| s2cid = 29045930 }}</ref><ref name=hybrid/>