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Siberut National Park located on Siberut Island, in Mentawai Islands District, West Sumatra. This National Park has an area of 190,500 hectares has been determined through the Decree of the Minister of Forestry on No. 407 / Kpts-II / 1993. Previously in 1981 this island has been designated as one of the biosphere reserves through the project Man and Biosphere UNESCO.
In the island of Siberut is recorded among others as many as 896 species of woody plants, then 31 species of mammals, as well as 134 species of birds. There are also four endemic species of endangered primates. The four endemic species are Mentawai or bilou, Hylobates klossii, and then monkeys or joja, Presbytis potenziani), then Mentawai monkeys or (simakobu, Simias concolor), and also beruk or (bokoi, Macaca pagensis).
Flora Siberut National Park is present Rainforest blanketed almost as much as 65% on the island of Siberut. This forest is also a palace for the life of flora and fauna by providing a lot of food sources and also residence and this forest has functioned as a supporter of traditional life for Mentawai people as well as traditional medicines.
The fauna of Siberut National Park is also Hylobates klossii (Bilou or also Dwarf Siamang) Bilou is the most famous species of primate in Mentawai. The anatomical view is also the oldest living ungko type in time with rare feathers and dark black and also the membrane between the second and third fingers. Bilou's cries were the simplest among the ungko screams, and longer, varied and also not done by other ungko. Bilou lives in groups that have been composed of male and female parent with their children who have not had time to mature. This Bilou belongs to a monogamous species with an average family of up to three to four individuals, and while the number of members in this group can reach 11 individuals.