Tarai gray langur
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| Species: | S. hector
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| Semnopithecus hector Pocock, 1928
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The Tarai Gray Langur (Semnopithecus hector) is an Old World monkey, one of the species of langurs. This, like other gray langurs, is a leaf-eating monkey. It is found from Kumaun, India to the Hazaria District of Nepal.[1] It is one of several Semnopithecus species named after characters from The Iliad, along with Semnopithecus ajax and Semnopithecus priam.
References
- ^ a b "Mammal Species of the World". Retrieved 2008-08-02.
- ^ "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". Retrieved 2008-08-02.
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