Tarai gray langur

Tarai gray langur
Tarai Gray langur at Kilbury Road Nainital
CITES Appendix I (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Family: Cercopithecidae
Genus: Semnopithecus
Species:
S. hector[1]
Binomial name
Semnopithecus hector[1]
Pocock, 1928
Tarai gray langur range

The Tarai gray langur (Semnopithecus hector) is an Old World monkey, and was formerly considered a subspecies of the northern plains gray langur. The species is listed as near threatened, as there are probably not many more than 10,000 mature individuals, and it is experiencing a continuing decline.[2]

  1. ^ Groves, C. P. (2005). "Species Semnopithecus hector". In 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.
  2. ^ a b c Singh, M.; Kumar, A.; Kumara, H.N. & Ahuja, V. (2020). "Semnopithecus hector". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T39837A17942651. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T39837A17942651.en. Retrieved 17 January 2022.