Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Sarawak surili (Presbytis chrysomelas), recorded as Critically Endangered
Sarawak surili (Presbytis chrysomelas). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Critically Endangered

Sarawak surili

Presbytis chrysomelas

Sarawak surili is an Old World monkey in the family Cercopithecidae (order Primates) — Presbytis chrysomelas, recorded as Critically Endangered and tied to Indonesia.

Status
Critically Endangered
Scientific name
Presbytis chrysomelas
Recorded from
Indonesia
CITES
Appendix II
Taxonomy
Mammalia · Primates · Cercopithecidae · Presbytis

The Old World monkey

Sarawak surili is an Old World monkey in the family Cercopithecidae (order Primates) — Presbytis chrysomelas.

Range and habitat

It is endemic to the southeast Asian island of Borneo, where it is distributed north of the Kapuas River in Kalimantan, Indonesia, the Malaysia states of Sarawak and Sabah, and in Brunei. The Sarawak surili was formerly considered common, but has declined drastically due to persecution and habitat loss, and as of 2015 is only known from five sites with a combined population of 200–500 individuals.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

In crisis

Consequently, it is believed to be one of the rarest primates in the world, and has been rated as critically endangered by IUCN.

CITES lists this taxon on Appendix II. Confirm the current appendix on the CITES checklist.

Sarawak surili is Critically Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Sarawak surili, Wikidata item Q1112463. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

Same genus

Photograph of Banded surili (Presbytis femoralis), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Banded surili

Presbytis femoralis
Photograph of Black Sumatran langur (Presbytis sumatrana), recorded as EndangeredEN

Black Sumatran langur

Presbytis sumatrana
Photograph of Miller's langur (Presbytis canicrus), recorded as EndangeredEN

Miller's langur

Presbytis canicrus
Photograph of Saban grizzled langur (Presbytis sabana), recorded as EndangeredEN

Saban grizzled langur

Presbytis sabana

Quick answers

What is Sarawak surili?
Sarawak surili is an Old World monkey in the family Cercopithecidae (order Primates) — Presbytis chrysomelas.
What is the conservation status of Sarawak surili?
Critically Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Presbytis chrysomelas. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Sarawak surili live?
It is endemic to the southeast Asian island of Borneo, where it is distributed north of the Kapuas River in Kalimantan, Indonesia, the Malaysia states of Sarawak and Sabah, and in Brunei.
Why is Sarawak surili in crisis?
The Sarawak surili was formerly considered common, but has declined drastically due to persecution and habitat loss, and as of 2015 is only known from five sites with a combined population of 200–500 individuals.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Presbytis chrysomelas?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Sarawak surili a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.