Northern plains gray langur

Northern plains 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. 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 family Cercopithecidae. 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]

The southern plains gray langur (Semnopithecus dussumieri) was previously classified as a subspecies of S. entellus, i.e., S. entellus dussumieri.^[3]

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. 166. OCLC 62265494. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
2. Mitra, S. & Molur, S. (2008). Semnopithecus entellus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 4 January 2009.
3. Groves, C. P. & Chhangani, A. (2008). Semnopithecus dussumieri. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 3 August 2015.