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title: "Interesting facts about Proboscis monkey"  
description: "A short explanation of the Proboscis monkey and it's amazing facts"  
author: "Anjita D."  
published: 2023-10-04  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/2767/interesting-facts-about-proboscis-monkey  
category: "animals"  
tags: ["Proboscis monkey", "animals", "facts", "general knowledge"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Interesting facts about Proboscis monkey

![Interesting facts about Proboscis monkey](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/23f78e27-ac02-4359-9a3b-0609bb232330/images/79d06ca1-c03a-43fe-b4ca-9c6b4d0cebab.jpeg) ![Interesting facts about Proboscis monkey](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/23f78e27-ac02-4359-9a3b-0609bb232330/images/54bbaac6-e1c7-4c36-8105-585ee3825c6c.jpeg) The proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus) is an arboreal Old World monkey with a huge nose, reddish-brown skin, and a long tail. ![Interesting facts about Proboscis monkey](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/23f78e27-ac02-4359-9a3b-0609bb232330/images/f0f1a409-2dee-499c-b5f3-aeb1591fc04a.jpeg) They are strong swimmers who are frequently spotted wading across water in search of food. ![Interesting facts about Proboscis monkey](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/23f78e27-ac02-4359-9a3b-0609bb232330/images/6eec2bc7-7c12-4ea3-b276-d3642a0cd92a.jpeg) Females give birth to a single kid following a 160-day gestation period, and groups are normally led by a dominant male who mates with most females. ![Interesting facts about Proboscis monkey](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/23f78e27-ac02-4359-9a3b-0609bb232330/images/166608d3-c160-43bd-8c0a-17c858aa6d81.jpeg) They are herbivores that largely eat leaves, fruits, and flowers. They have also been observed eating insects and small animals on occasion. ![Interesting facts about Proboscis monkey](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/23f78e27-ac02-4359-9a3b-0609bb232330/images/537aafe2-ec22-4b3a-a322-99b2ca73c735.jpeg) Unfortunately, because of habitat degradation and poaching, proboscis monkeys are a threatened species.

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