Malaysian First Day Covers - Primates Of Malaysia Series 2 - Issued 26 January 2016

The Malaysian rainforest is a bio-diverse landscape that is home to a total of 19 species of primates. These include the great apes such as orang utans, lesser apes such as gibbons, and a variety of old world monkeys such as macaques, leaf monkeys and proboscis monkeys. The tropical climate of the country features uniform temperature, high humidity and copious rainfall, offering the perfect sanctuary to these primates. Primates are recognised by a suite of morphological characteristics such as having larger brain relative to its body size, stereoscopic vision and grasping hands and feet, as well as behavioural  traits such as grooming and allomothering , or other social caring of the young by those other than the biological mother.( The issue of these first day covers is to commemorate the arrival of the Monkey Year 2016 according to the Chinese calendar which falls on the 07th. of February 2016. )

1.  MALAYSIAN FIRST DAY COVER - PRIMATES OF MALAYSIA SERIES 2 - ISSUED 26TH. JANUARY 2016.

2.  MALAYSIAN FIRST DAY COVER - PRIMATES OF MALAYSIA SERIES 2 - ISSUED 26TH. JANUARY 2016