Purple-faced Langur Female Skull Replica
$182.00
They are native to the primary and secondary forests of Sri Lanka. They live a diurnal, arboreal life feeding on fruit, leaves, seeds, flowers and insects.
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Description
Purple-faced langur female skull replica measures 3.9 x 2.7 x 2.9 inches. Semnopithecus vetules skull is a museum-quality polyurethane resin cast from California Academy of Sciences specimen. 2-part skull (separate cranium and mandible). 1:1 scale. Made in USA.
This purple-faced skull replica demonstrates the complex morphology of a specialized Old World monkey. The primate possesses a deep mandible to support large muscles needed for jaw power. Sharp teeth act like scissors to shred tough material during processing.
The skull also features a short snout and a wide face with prominent brow ridges. Auditory structures are well developed for hearing territorial vocalizations across distances. Finally, the reinforced cranium provides a sturdy base for the animal’s active movement.
Scientific Classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Order: Primates
- Suborder: Haplorhini
- Infraorder: Simiiformes
- Family: Cercopithecidae
- Genus: Semnopithecus
- Species: S. vetulus
- Binomial name: Semnopithecus vetules (Erxleben, 1777)
- Conservation status: Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Primatologists often use this purple-faced languor female skull replica to examine the skeletal markers of extreme folivory. You might evaluate the colobus male monkey skull replica alongside this skull to identify convergent traits with the rhesus macaque monkey skull replica to see how dietary breadth alters dental morphology. Scholars also select the red-shanked doc langur skull replica for direct taxonomic comparisons of facial and professional displays.
Additional information
| Weight | 3.0 lbs |
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| Dimensions | 3.9 × 2.7 × 2.9 in |
| International Monkey Day - December 14th | International Monkey Day has been created to celebrate monkeys on December 14th, as well as “all things simian,” which includes lemurs, tarsiers, apes, and other non-human primates. It is a great day when it comes to raising awareness about different types of monkeys and primates around the world, as well as the issues they face and how we can help them. |
