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Silvery lutung

Trachypithecus cristatus (Raffles, 1821)

VUVulnerableprimates

The silvery lutung (Trachypithecus cristatus) is a species in the family Cercopithecidae, order Primates. Recorded adults weigh 6.19 kg to 8.35 kg and live up to 31.1 years. Its IUCN Red List status is Vulnerable.

Silvery lutung (Trachypithecus cristatus)
Photo: No machine-readable author provided · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the silvery lutung

Weight
6.19 kg – 8.35 kgsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
31.1 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Herbivoresrc for Diet
Longest recorded lifespan
33.9 years
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Gestation
150 dayssrc for Gestation
Young per litter or clutch
1src for Young per litter or clutch
Age at maturity
3.33 years – 4 yearssrc for Age at maturity
Litters or clutches a year
0.5src for Litters or clutches a year
Active
By day (diurnal)src for Active
Lifestyle
Arborealsrc for Lifestyle
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Photos of the silvery lutung

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Silvery lutung (Trachypithecus cristatus)
Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where does the silvery lutung live?

Not recorded

What is the silvery lutung?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The silvery lutung (Trachypithecus cristatus), also known as the silvered leaf monkey or the silvery langur, is an Old World monkey. It is arboreal, living in coastal, mangrove, and riverine forests in Sumatra, Borneo, Java, as well as in parts of the southwestern Malay Peninsula, the Natuna Islands, and other nearby islands. It is the type species of its species group.

From the Wikipedia article “Silvery lutung” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Silvery_lutung&oldid=1379340458), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the silvery lutung endangered?

The silvery lutung is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List: it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Vulnerable species. What the categories mean.

How is the silvery lutung classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classMammalia
  4. orderPrimates
  5. familyCercopithecidae
  6. genusTrachypithecus
  7. SpeciesTrachypithecus cristatus (Raffles, 1821)

Synonyms Presbytis cristata

Other names and names in other languages (28)
  • Silvered langurEnglish
  • Silvered langurEnglish
  • Silvered leaf monkeyEnglish
  • Silvered leaf monkeyEnglish
  • Silvered leaf monkeyEnglish
  • Silvered monkeyEnglish
  • Silvered monkeyEnglish
  • لنغور فضيArabic
  • hulman stříbrnýCzech
  • Silberner HaubenlangurGerman
  • Ασημένιο ΛανγκούρGreek
  • Langur CrestadoSpanish
  • töyhtölanguriFinnish
  • BudengFrench
  • Langur argentéFrench
  • Semnopithèque à coiffeFrench
  • Semnopithèque à crêteFrench
  • ezüstös langurHungarian
  • Lutung KelabuIndonesian
  • Presbite argentatoItalian
  • Presbite dalla crestaItalian
  • シルバールトンJapanese
  • SølvlangurNorwegian Bokmål
  • MutslangoerDutch
  • lutung srebrzystyPolish
  • Гривистый тонкотелRussian
  • ค่างหงอกThai
  • 銀葉猴Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the silvery lutung

Other species in the same genus Trachypithecus.

VU, Vulnerable
Capped langur (Trachypithecus pileatus)

Capped langur

Trachypithecus pileatus

Cercopithecidae

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the silvery lutung?

An adult silvery lutung weighs 6.19 kg – 8.35 kg, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the silvery lutung endangered?

The silvery lutung is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, meaning it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.

How long does the silvery lutung live?

The silvery lutung has a recorded lifespan of 31.1 years.

How long is the silvery lutung pregnant?

The recorded gestation period is 150 days.

What kind of animal is the silvery lutung?

The silvery lutung (Trachypithecus cristatus) belongs to the family Cercopithecidae in the order Primates.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Silvery lutung (Trachypithecus cristatus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/silvery-lutung

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BibTeX
@misc{silvery_lutung_2026,
  title = {Silvery lutung (Trachypithecus cristatus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/silvery-lutung},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}