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The proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus) or long-nosed monkey, known as the bekantan in Malay, is a reddish-brown arboreal Old World monkey that isendemic to the south-east Asian island of Borneo. It belongs in the monotypic genus Nasalis, although the pig-tailed langur has traditionally also been included in this genus - a treatment still preferred by some.

The monkey also goes by the Malay name monyet belanda("Dutch monkey"), or even orang belanda ("Dutchman"), as Indonesians remarked that the Dutchcolonisers often had a similarly large belly and nose

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