BEKANTAN

Bekantan or in erudite name its Nasalis larvatus is of a kind monkey length with tan hair florid and is one from two specieses in single gender monkey Nasalis.

Main features that differentiate bekantan from other monkey is length nose and big that only found in male species. Function from big nose at bekantan male still ill defined, nevertheless this maybe caused by natural selection. Female Monkey more opting male with big nose as [the] its couple. Because its nose this is, bekantan are recognized also as [the] monkey the Netherlands.

Bekantan fairish male bigger than female. Its size can reach 75cm weighing reach 24kg. Female Monkey fairish 60cm weighing 12kg. This Species also haves big stomach, as a result of from its habit of food consumption. Besides fruits and cereal, bekantan eats multifarious foliage, that produce much gases when digested. This result side effects that make stomach bekantan become membuncit.

Bekantan are disseminated and endemic in mangrove forest, bog and coast forest in island Kalimantan. This Species finishes some of the time of thes above tree and live in groups that amount to between 10 till 32 monkeys. Bekantan also can swim properly, sometimes seen swim from one island to other island.

Bekantan is fauna mascot province South Kalimantan.