Maroon Leaf Monkey Keeper's Guide: A Comprehensive Professional Guide to the Care, Conservation, and Long-Term Captive Management of Maroon Leaf Monkeys, Integrating Husbandry, Veteri

Maroon Leaf Monkey Keeper's Guide is a comprehensive and professionally crafted manual for anyone dedicated to the care, management, and conservation of Presbytis rubicunda, one of Borneo's most distinctive and endangered colobine primates. Drawing on current scientific research, zoological best practices, and field conservation insights, the book provides an authoritative resource for professional keepers, veterinarians, wildlife managers, and advanced students of primatology. Beginning with a detailed exploration of taxonomy, natural history, and evolutionary relationships, the guide carefully builds a scientific foundation for understanding the maroon leaf monkey's unique biology. Chapters on anatomy and physiology explain its highly specialized foregut fermentation system and arboreal adaptations, while sections on behavior, social dynamics, and communication reveal the complexity of troop life in the wild. The book then integrates this biological knowledge into practical husbandry: from enclosure design and enrichment planning to high-fiber, low-sugar nutrition and the sophisticated veterinary medicine required for preventive health care. Professional keepers and animal managers will find step-by-step guidance for every stage of management-quarantine and introductions, breeding and neonatal care, juvenile development, and multi-decade troop planning. Dedicated chapters address critical conservation issues such as deforestation, habitat fragmentation, and the need for landscape-scale management, while also examining how captive breeding programs and international collaborations link to in situ conservation efforts in Borneo. Equally important, the book highlights the human dimension of primate care. It outlines training and certification pathways for keepers, emphasizes the importance of welfare science and continuous professional development, and provides models for education, outreach, and community engagement. Case studies of successful maroon leaf monkey programs around the world demonstrate how rigorous husbandry can be coupled with global conservation action. Combining scientific depth with practical guidance, Maroon Leaf Monkey Keeper's Guide serves not only as a day-to-day reference for those working with colobine primates, but also as an inspiring call to sustainable coexistence between humans and Southeast Asia's rainforest wildlife. It is an essential resource for modern zoological institutions, field conservationists, and anyone committed to the long-term survival of this remarkable primate species.