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Tarai gray langur
Species of Old World monkey / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.[1]
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Tarai gray langur | |
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Tarai Gray langur at Kilbury Road Nainital | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Suborder: | Haplorhini |
Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
Family: | Cercopithecidae |
Genus: | Semnopithecus |
Species: | S. hector[2] |
Binomial name | |
Semnopithecus hector[2] Pocock, 1928 | |
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Tarai gray langur range |
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