Northern plains gray langur

Northern plains gray langur
Northern plains gray langur[1]
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Cercopithecidae
Genus: Semnopithecus
Species: S. entellus
Binomial name
Semnopithecus entellus
(Dufresne, 1797)
Northern Plains Gray Langur range
(blue — native, red — introduced)

The northern plains gray langur (Semnopithecus entellus) is a species of primate in the Cercopithecidae family. It is found in India on the lowlands north of the Godavari and Krishna rivers and south of the Ganges.[1] It is thought to be introduced to western Bangladesh by Hindu pilgrims on the bank of the Jalangi River.[2] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Groves, C. (2005). Wilson, D. E., & Reeder, D. M, eds. ed. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 166. OCLC 62265494. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=12100696. 
  2. ^ a b c Mitra, S. & Molur, S. (2008). Semnopithecus entellus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 4 January 2009.
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