Nepal gray langur

Nepal gray langur
Nepal gray langur[1]
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
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]

References

  1. ^ Groves, C. (2005). Wilson, D. E., & Reeder, D. M, eds. ed. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 174. OCLC 62265494. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=12100700. 
  2. ^ a b c d Kumar, A., Yongzu, Z. & Molur, S. (2008). Semnopithecus schistaceus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 4 January 2009.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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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