Whole Lotta Monkeys!

The Silvery Lutung (Trachypithecus cristatus), also known as the Silvered Leaf Monkey or the Silvery Langur, is an Old World monkey with grey tips on dark brown or black fur, although the groin and ventral side of the tail are yellowish in color.


Females range from 46-51cm with an average weight of 5.7kg and a tail length of 67-75cm. Males are 50-58cm with an average weight of 6.6kg and a tail length of 67-75cm. When born this monkey is orange, developing its adult coats around three months. It has a highly complex, large stomach to digest the cellulose found in its herbivorous diet. This species is the type of its species group.

The Silvered Leaf Monkey is arboreal, living in coastal, mangrove, and riverine forests from Burma to Indochina and Borneo. Groups range from 9-30 individuals with one adult male and many adult females communally caring for infants. The adult male protects his group and territory from competing males, communicating his dominance to other males via vocalizations and fighting.




Now prepare yourself for a Whole Lotta Monkey photos....



"Open up... I know you've got more peanuts hidden in there!"



"Uh... there goes my diet"



Minkee: "I hold him and you guys grab his camera!!!"





Someone we know got pee'd on ... (*hint* it was not Moggie)

Whole Lotta Monkeys! (Leaping Minkees!!)

This little fella was trying to grab the dangling strap from Moggie's camera bag.




Oops... out of focus *blush*




Got to get me faster lenses ;-)



Got it!!! But alas the composition was out.

Whole Lotta Monkeys! (With Juvenille)

Mother and her young atop an old cannon.






Patriotic little fella ain't he?
Must be having their own Merdeka celebrations.


"One for you, two for me, non for Moggie"



What future lies in store for these beautiful creatures?