proboscis monkey
noun
: a large long-tailed monkey (Nasalis larvatus) of Bornean forests that has a large nose which is long and pendulous in adult males
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Over the course of their nine-day Borneo Adventure, travelers and wildlife lovers will get the chance to seek out orangutans, pygmy elephants, sun bears, and proboscis monkeys.
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Michelle Gross, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
Image The island is home to some of the most iconic, and unusual, mammals on earth, species like orangutans, pygmy elephants and proboscis monkeys with their bulbous noses.
—Mihir Zaveri, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
If Squidward fell in love with a baboon, out would come something like the proboscis monkey.
—Discover Magazine, 8 Jan. 2024
About 1,400 proboscis monkeys live in the mangroves of Balikpapan Bay, or 5% of the total population in Borneo, according to a coalition of local civil society groups.
—Richaldo Hariandja, NBC News, 8 Apr. 2023
The proboscis monkey is listed as an endangered species on the IUCN Red List.
—Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 12 Aug. 2022
While the proboscis monkey is one of the largest simians found in Asia, the most noteworthy characteristic of this species is certainly its bulbous nose.
—Jared Ranahan, Forbes, 18 May 2022
Our side trip afterward, to a second reserve, which houses indigenous proboscis monkeys, is way cooler.
—Christopher Bagley, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Nov. 2018
Participants will meet in Jakarta, Indonesia, followed by immersion in the wild that includes paddling canoes into the Bornean swamp, home to proboscis monkeys and orangutans.
—Anne Harnagel, latimes.com, 9 July 2018
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Michelle Gross, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
Image The island is home to some of the most iconic, and unusual, mammals on earth, species like orangutans, pygmy elephants and proboscis monkeys with their bulbous noses.
—Mihir Zaveri, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
If Squidward fell in love with a baboon, out would come something like the proboscis monkey.
—Discover Magazine, 8 Jan. 2024
About 1,400 proboscis monkeys live in the mangroves of Balikpapan Bay, or 5% of the total population in Borneo, according to a coalition of local civil society groups.
—Richaldo Hariandja, NBC News, 8 Apr. 2023
The proboscis monkey is listed as an endangered species on the IUCN Red List.
—Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 12 Aug. 2022
While the proboscis monkey is one of the largest simians found in Asia, the most noteworthy characteristic of this species is certainly its bulbous nose.
—Jared Ranahan, Forbes, 18 May 2022
Our side trip afterward, to a second reserve, which houses indigenous proboscis monkeys, is way cooler.
—Christopher Bagley, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Nov. 2018
Participants will meet in Jakarta, Indonesia, followed by immersion in the wild that includes paddling canoes into the Bornean swamp, home to proboscis monkeys and orangutans.
—Anne Harnagel, latimes.com, 9 July 2018
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