Proboscis Monkey

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Portrait_of_a_Proboscis_Monkey.jpg

 

 

 

The proboscis monkey (a monkey has a tail and an ape does not) is found in Borneo.  According to wikipedia:

 

The proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus) or long-nosed monkey, known as the bekantan in Malay, is a reddish-brown arboreal Old World monkey that is endemic 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.^[3]

The monkey also goes by the Malay name monyet belanda("Dutch monkey"), or even orang belanda ("Dutchman"), as Indonesians remarked that the Dutch colonisers often had similarly large bellies and noses.  This species of monkey is easily identifiable because of its unusually large nose.

 

 

The apes such as  Chimpanzee, Orangutan, Bonobo, and Gorilla all have flat noses.

 

 

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Chimpanzee_mom_and_baby_cropped.jpg

 

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Orang_Utan,_Semenggok_Forest_Reserve,_Sarawak,_Borneo,_Malaysia.JPG

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pan_paniscus_(female).jpg

 

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Male_gorilla_in_SF_zoo.jpg

 

 

 

by Rita Jean Moran (www.thelibrarykids.com)

 

 

 

Sources:

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proboscis_monkey

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimpanzee

 



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orangutan

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonobo

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorilla