TTMT 087 Mitered Leaf-monkey Traditional Cache
TTMT 087 Mitered Leaf-monkey
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Welcome to the Team Trunk Monkey Turnpike - "TTMT"
This series of caches runs along this stretch of 4-lane road, which features a wide paved shoulder along it's entire course. These caches will all be on the South / East side of the road. There will be caches of several different sizes and types, and the hiding spots will vary in difficulty and terrain, as the locations allow. As such, several of these caches will have you walking through tall grass & looking through vegetation. During the "tick season" it is highly recommended to use a quality insect repellent, and as always if it is sunny out, use a good sunblock too.
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Mitered Leaf-monkey
(Presbytis melalophos)
MORPHOLOGY:
The incisors are narrow and the molars have sharp, high crests. This species has a dental formula of 2:1:2:3 on both the upper and lower jaws. The jaw is deep and the face is short and broad. The pollex (thumb) is reduced in this species. The orbits are widely spaced and the hindlimbs are longer as compared to the forelimbs. The average body mass for an adult male mitered leaf-monkey is around 5.9 kilograms, and for the female it is around 5.8 kilograms. This species has a sacculated stomach to assist in the breakdown of cellulose. Infants have a white pelage color with a dark stripe down the back and across the shoulders.
RANGE:
The mitered leaf-monkey is found in the country of Indonesia, on the island of Sumatra. This species lives in primary lowland rainforests, hill forests, inland secondary forests, and submontane forests.
ECOLOGY:
The mitered leaf-monkey is primarily a folivorous species, but will also consume fruits, flowers, and seeds. The fruits this species consumes are of the dry, unripe type. Group sizes for this species have a mean number of 5.5 individuals. Wilson and Wilson (1976) found the mean group size to be 8 individuals for the mitered leaf-monkey. This is a diurnal and an arboreal species.
LOCOMOTION:
The mitered leaf-monkey moves through the forest quadrupedally. This species also moves through the forest primarily by leaping and also to a lesser extent by forelimb suspension (brachiation).
SOCIAL BEHAVIOR:
The mitered leaf-monkey has a unimale social system and a polygynous mating system. This species can also have a multimale-multifemale social system. All-male groups occur in this species. Females perform most of the grooming bouts in the group. Males disperse from the natal group before adolescence. The mitered leaf-monkey is a territorial species. Intergroup aggression in this species is a result of mate defense and not due to resource defense.
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