Global conservation status: near threatened (Source: IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2)

Classification
within iNaturalist

All Names

  • Scientific names
    • Semnopithecus priam
    • Semnopithecus pallipes
    • Semnopithecus priamus
  • English
    • Tufted Gray Langur
    • Coromandel Sacred Langur
    • Madras Grey Langur
    • Madras Gray Langur
    • Grey Langur (southern)

Colors

 

Extras

Make taxonomic Flickr tags for this taxon »

Flickr invite link »

Wikipedia taxobox »

Tree Browser »

Search descendant taxa »

Embed a widget for this taxon on your website »

3039743527_4b61c765c6Magnifier

Recent Observations

Mammalia-15px

Photos

4669589169_91fd7c836a_s

What

Tufted Gray Langur Semnopithecus priam

Observer

tapbirds

Date

Jun 4, 2010 02:10 PM PDT

Description

Hanuman Langur Monkey (Semnopithecus priam), Kanheri Caves, Sanjay Gandhi National Park Mumbai India

View all observations

Description from Wikipedia

The Tufted Gray Langur (Semnopithecus priam) is an Old World monkey, one of the species of langurs. This, like other gray langurs, is a leaf-eating monkey. It is found in southeast India and Sri Lanka. It is one of several Semnopithecus species named after characters from The Iliad, along with Semnopithecus hector and Semnopithecus ajax.