Presbytis comata Desmarest 1822

Presbytis comata Desmarest 1822, Mammalogie, in: Encycl. Meth., 2 (Suppl.): 533.

Type Locality: Indonesia, W Java.

Vernacular Names: Javan Surili.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Presbytis comata subsp. comata Desmarest 1822

Subspecies Presbytis comata subsp. fredericae Sody 1930

Distribution: W and C Java (Indonesia).

Conservation: CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Endangered as P. comata, Data Deficient as P. fredericae .

Discussion: Formerly called P. aygula, but see Napier and Groves (1983) who showed that aygula is a nomen oblitum for Macaca fascicularis . Brandon-Jones (1984) considered fredericae to be a separate species.