Mammals of the WorldNepal Sacred Langur
Semnopithecus schistaceus
- Order
- Primates
- Family
- Cercopithecidae
- Genus
- Semnopithecus
- IUCN status
- LC
- Distribution
- Pakistan|India|China|Nepal|Bhutan|Afghanistan?
- Realm
- Indomalaya|Palearctic
Other names: Central Himalayan Langur|Nepal Gray Langur
About this species
- Weight
- Heaviest recorded male 26.5kg
- Diet
- Leaves
- Habitat
- Forest at 1,500–4,000m; both terrestrial and arboreal
- Range
- Himalayas of Nepal, south-western Tibet, northern India, northern Pakistan and Bhutan
The Nepal gray langur is a gray langur found in the Himalayas of Nepal, far south-western Tibet, northern India, northern Pakistan and Bhutan, and possibly Afghanistan. It lives in forest at 1,500 to 4,000m. Its easternmost limit in India is Buxa Tiger Reserve in northern West Bengal. The heaviest langur ever recorded was a male of this species, at 26.5kg (Wikipedia, general species account).
It is both terrestrial and arboreal and eats leaves. The sources opened here give only a brief account of the species, with no detail on group size or breeding, so those are omitted rather than borrowed from other gray langurs. 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)