proboscis monkey

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɹə(ʊ)ˈbɒs(k)ɪs ˈmʌŋki/

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Noun

proboscis monkey (plural proboscis monkeys)

1. A reddish-brown arboreal Old World monkey, of species Nasalis larvatus, with an unusually large nose, endemic to Borneo.

   Synonyms: bekantan, kaha, kahau, nose ape, nose monkey

   • 2025 June 25, Elle Hunt, “From Chimpanzini Bananini to Ballerina Cappuccina: how gen alpha went wild for Italian brain rot animals”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian‎^[1], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 October 2026:

     Don Caldwell, editor-in-chief of the site Know Your Meme, namechecks Brr Brr Patapim, “a proboscis monkey that is also a tree”, as one who made it to YouTube.

Translations

Nasalis larvatus, a reddish-brown arboreal Old World monkey with an unusually large nose, endemic to Borneo

• Catalan: nassut m, nàsic m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 長鼻猴 / 长鼻猴 (chángbí hóu)

• Dutch: neusaap (nl) m
• French: nasique (fr) m, singe à trompe (fr) m
• German: Nasenaffe (de) m
• Greek: μαϊμού με προβοσκίδα f (maïmoú me provoskída)
• Hungarian: borneói nagyorrúmajom
• Japanese: テングザル (ja) (tenguzaru)
• Korean: 코주부원숭이 (kojubuwonsung'i)
• Macedonian: носест мајмун m (nosest majmun)
• Polish: nosacz (pl) m
• Russian: носа́ч (ru) m (nosáč)
• Spanish: násico m, mono narigudo m
• Swedish: näsapa (sv) c