Nepal gray langur
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| 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 (Tibet), 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 13,100 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]
References
- ↑ Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M, eds. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 174. OCLC 62265494. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Kumar, A., Yongzu, Z. & Molur, S. (2008). Semnopithecus schistaceus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 4 January 2009.
- ↑ Choudhury, A.U. (2007). The eastern limit of distribution of the hanuman langur Semnopithecus entellus Dufresne. J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 104 (2) : 199-200.
- ↑ Choudhury, A.U. (2009). Further changes in the eastern limit of distribution of the hanuman langur Semnopithecus entellus Dufresne. J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 106(1): 90-91.
- ↑ Brandon-Jones, D. (2004). A taxonomic revision of the langurs and leaf monkeys ( Primates: Colobinae) of south Asia. Zoos Print J. 19:1552–1594
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