Biology:Nepal gray langur

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Short description: Species of Old World monkey

Nepal gray langur
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CITES Appendix I (CITES)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Family: Cercopithecidae
Genus: Semnopithecus
Species:
S. schistaceus
Binomial name
Semnopithecus schistaceus
Hodgson, 1840[2]
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Nepal Gray Langur range

The Nepal gray langur (Semnopithecus schistaceus) is a gray langur endemic to the Himalayas in Nepal, far southwestern Tibet, northern India , northern Pakistan , Bhutan and possibly Afghanistan. It is found in forests at an elevation of 1,500 to 4,000 metres (4,900 to 13,100 ft).[1] Its easternmost limit in India is Buxa Tiger Reserve in northern West Bengal, at least up to the Rydak river.[3][4]

The Nepal gray langur is both terrestrial and arboreal and eats leaves.[1] At 26.5 kilograms (58 lb), the heaviest langur ever recorded was a male Nepal gray langur.[5]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Singh, M.; Kumara, H.N.; Yongcheng, L.; Chetry, D.; Kumar, A. (2020). "Semnopithecus schistaceus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T39840A17942792. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T39840A17942792.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/39840/17942792. Retrieved 17 January 2022. 
  2. Groves, C.P. (2005). "Species Semnopithecus schistaceus". in Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M.. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 174. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494. http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=12100700. 
  3. Choudhury, A.U. (2007). "The eastern limit of distribution of the hanuman langur Semnopithecus entellus Dufresne". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 104 (2): 199–200. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/154697. 
  4. Choudhury, A.U. (2009). "Further changes in the eastern limit of distribution of the hanuman langur Semnopithecus entellus Dufresne". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 106 (1): 90–91. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/154922. 
  5. Brandon-Jones, D. (2004). "A taxonomic revision of the langurs and leaf monkeys (Primates: Colobinae) of South Asia". Zoos' Print Journal 19 (8): 1552–1594. doi:10.11609/JoTT.ZPJ.971.1552-94. 

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