Semnopithecus schistaceus

The Nepal gray langur (Semnopithecus schistaceus) is a gray langur endemic to the Himalayas in Nepal, far southwestern Tibet, northern India, northern Pakistan, Bhutan and possibly Afghanistan. It is found in forests at an elevation of 1500 to. Its easternmost limit in India is Buxa Tiger Reserve in northern West Bengal, at least up to the Rydak river.Choudhury, A.U. (2007). The eastern limit of distribution of the hanuman langur Semnopithecus entellus Dufresne. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 104 (2): 199–200.Choudhury, A.U. (2009). Further changes in the eastern limit of distribution of the hanuman langur Semnopithecus entellus Dufresne. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 106(1): 90–91. The Nepal gray langur is both terrestrial and arboreal and eats leaves. At 26.5 kg, the heaviest langur ever recorded was a male Nepal gray langur.Brandon-Jones, D. (2004). A taxonomic revision of the langurs and leaf monkeys ( Primates: Colobinae) of South Asia. Zoos Print Journal 19: 1552–1594

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