Nepal gray langur

Nepal gray langur[1]
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[2]
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 (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

1. 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. OCLC 62265494. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
2. Kumar, A., Yongzu, Z. & Molur, S. (2008). Semnopithecus schistaceus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 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