Terai Sacred Langur

About this species

Diet

Leaves

Habitat

Sal forest, moist deciduous forest of the Siwaliks and oak forest, 150–1,600m

Range

Himalayan foothills of northern India, Nepal and south-western Bhutan

The Tarai gray langur is an Old World monkey formerly treated as a subspecies of the northern plains gray langur. It lives in the Himalayan foothills from Rajaji National Park in India to south-western Bhutan, including Nepal. Its habitat runs from moist deciduous forest in the Siwalik Hills to oak forest, at altitudes of 150 to 1,600m (Wikipedia, general species account).

It is diurnal and lives in the top canopy of sal forest in India and Nepal. The monkeys eat leaves and live in groups containing several males and females, and groups have been seen feeding in orchards and crop fields outside Rajaji National Park. The population is fragmented, with a 2003 report estimating up to fifty separate subpopulations. Nationally Least Concern (Nepal National Red List 2011).

Description: Wildlife of Nepal guide, Wildlife of Everywhere (wildlifeofeverywhere.com); general species information paraphrased from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)