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Miller's Langur

Presbytis canicrus Miller, 1934

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Miller's grizzled langur (Presbytis hosei canicrus). Original caption: Brent Loken, a PhD student in SFU's resource and environmental management program, discovered a rare monkey in the Bornean rainforest last June that many thought was extinct.

Miller's grizzled langur (Presbytis hosei canicrus). Original caption: Brent Loken, a PhD student in SFU's resource and environmental management program, discovered a rare monkey in the Bornean rainforest last June that many thought was extinct.

Simon Fraser University Public Affairs and Media Relations · CC BY 2.0 · Image source

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Open encyclopedia reference

Miller's langur (Presbytis canicrus), also known as Miller's grizzled langur or Kutai grey langur, is a species of leaf monkey. It is endemic to East Kalimantan on the island of Borneo in Indonesia. It is one of the world's most endangered primates, and was at one time thought to be extinct, until it was rediscovered in 2012.

Wikipedia contributors, Miller's langur; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T04:31:00.639077+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Presbytis canicrus Miller, 1934
Name authority
Miller, 1934
Common name
Miller's Langur
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Mammalia
Order
Primates
Family
Cercopithecidae
Genus
Presbytis
Extinction status
Recorded extant

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. megaclassTetrapoda
  8. classMammalia Linnaeus, 1758
  9. subclassTheria Parker & Haswell, 1897
  10. infraclassEutheria Gill, 1872
  11. orderPrimates Linnaeus, 1758
  12. suborderHaplorrhini Pocock, 1918
  13. infraorderSimiiformes Haeckel, 1866
  14. superfamilyCercopithecoidea Gray, 1821
  15. familyCercopithecidae Gray, 1821
  16. subfamilyColobinae Jerdon, 1867
  17. tribePresbytini Gray, 1825
  18. genusPresbytis Eschscholtz, 1821
  19. speciesPresbytis canicrus Miller, 1934

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Presbytis. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Banded LangurPresbytis femoralis (Martin, 1838)CercopithecidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
White-fronted LangurPresbytis frontata (Müller, 1838)CercopithecidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Gray Leaf MonkeyPresbytis hosei (Thomas, 1889)CercopithecidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Natuna Island SuriliPresbytis natunae (Thomas & Hartert, 1894)CercopithecidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Mentawai LangurPresbytis potenziani (Bonaparte, 1856)CercopithecidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Pale-thighed LangurPresbytis siamensis (Müller & Schlegel, 1841)CercopithecidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Siberut LangurPresbytis siberu (Chasen & Kloss, 1928)CercopithecidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
North Sumatran Leaf MonkeyPresbytis thomasi (Collett, 1893)CercopithecidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Grizzled Leaf MonkeyPresbytis comata (Desmarest, 1822)CercopithecidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Robinson's Banded LangurPresbytis robinsoni Thomas, 1910CercopithecidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Black-crested Sumatran LangurPresbytis melalophos (Raffles, 1821)CercopithecidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Mitered LangurPresbytis mitrata Eschscholtz, 1821CercopithecidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant

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Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Presbytis hosei canicrus Miller, 1934 Miller, 1934synonym

Documented distribution

Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.

Southern Asia

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=944248 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:77WXP. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.