Nasalis

They are home to thirteen primate species: three apes (the orangutan and two gibbon species), five langurs, two macaques, the tarsier (Tarsius bancanus), the slow loris (Nycticebus coucang), and the endangered proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus).

Borneo lowland rain forests 2008

The mangroves of Borneo are home to the proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus), which is one of the few large mammals limited to mangrove and peat swamp forest habitats.

Sunda Shelf mangroves 2008

Peat swamp forests are key habitats for the unique proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus).

Borneo peat swamp forests 2008

Peat swamp forests are a key habitat for the endangered Borneo endemic and unique proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus).

Borneo peat swamp forests 2008

Other famous flagships include the Proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus, EN), found only on Borneo, and two rhinoceros species, which are the most threatened and least known of the five surviving rhino species on Earth.

Biological diversity in Sundaland 2008

The snub-nosed monkey is in an endemic primate genus but is related to Borneo's proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus).

Mentawai Islands rain forests 2007

On the banks were an abundance of monkeys — the common Macacus cynomolgus, a black Semnopithecus, and the extraordinary long-nosed monkey (Nasalis larvatus), which is as large as a three-year old child, has a very long tail, and a fleshy nose longer than that of the biggest-nosed man.

The Malay Archipelago 2004

Finally, it emerges, as the external nasal branch, between the lower border of the nasal bone and the lateral nasal cartilage, and, passing down beneath the Nasalis muscle, supplies the skin of the ala and apex of the nose.

IX. Neurology. 5e. The Trigeminal Nerve 1918

The Nasalis (Compressor naris) consists of two parts, transverse and alar.

IV. Myology. 4c. The Muscles of the Nose 1918

The Nasalis depresses the cartilaginous part of the nose and draws the ala toward the septum.

IV. Myology. 4c. The Muscles of the Nose 1918