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The animal on the cover of Perl for Web Site Mangement is a proboscis monkey. The coastal rainforests and mangrove swamps of Borneo and the forests of the lower Kinabatangan River have the largest concentration of this species (Nasalis larvatus). Their fur is brick-red, and they have long tails and large bellies. The most obvious feature of Proboscis monkeys is the male’s extremely long nose, which is shaped like a cucumber. The monkeys travel in groups of about five to fifteen. A group is usually made up of a dominant adult male with a harem of up to ten females as well as juveniles. They are vegetarians, eating primarily leaves, along with fruit, seeds, and flowers. Unusually among apes, they are very skilled swimmers and divers in the rivers that make up a large part of their habitat. The proboscis monkey’s Malaysian name is Monyet Belanda, translated as “Dutchman Monkey.” During the European colonial period, the Malaysians apparently thought the monkeys’ red hair, pot bellies, and big noses resembled the European traders and colonialists.

This unique monkey is threatened with extinction through hunting and loss of habitat. The rainforests and swamps where they live are under severe threat from logging and land clearing. Attempts ...