Nepal gray langur
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| Species: | S. schistaceus
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| Semnopithecus schistaceus Hodgson, 1840
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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: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 174. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ a b c d Template:IUCN2008
- ^ 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