Nepal gray langur[1] | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Family: | Cercopithecidae |
Genus: | Semnopithecus |
Species: | S. schistaceus |
Binomial name | |
Semnopithecus schistaceus Hodgson, 1840 |
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Nepal Gray Langur range |
Nepal gray langur (Semnopithecus schistaceus) is a gray langur endemic to the Himalayas in Nepal, far southwestern China, northern India, northern Pakistan, Bhutan and possibly Afghanistan.[2] It is found in forests at an altitude of 1,500 to 4,000 metres (4,900 to 13,000 ft).[2]Its easternmost limit in India is Buxa Tiger Reserve in northern West Bengal, at least till the Rydak river.[3][4]
The Nepal gray langur is both terrestrial and arboreal, and has a diet composed of leaves.[2] At 26.5 kilograms (58 lb), the heaviest langur ever recorded was a male Nepal gray langur.[5]