Tufted gray langur: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the tufted gray langur lives – recorded in 2 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Semnopithecus priam
Group	Monkeys
Status	Near threatened (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	2 countries
Continents	Asia
Class	Mammal
Order	Primates
Family	Cercopithecidae

Where does the tufted gray langur live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the tufted gray langur in 2 countries and territories across Asia.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the tufted gray langur endangered?

The tufted gray langur’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Near threatened” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the tufted gray langur?

The tufted gray langur (Semnopithecus priam) is a mammal in the order Primates and the family Cercopithecidae, genus Semnopithecus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the tufted gray langur

The tufted gray langur (Semnopithecus priam), also known as Madras gray langur, and Coromandel sacred langur, is an Old World monkey, one of the species of langurs. This, like other gray langurs, is mainly a leaf-eating monkey. It is found in southeast India and Sri Lanka. It is one of three Semnopithecus species named after characters from The Iliad, S. hector and S. ajax being the others. In Sinhala it is known as හැලි වඳුරා (Heli wandura).

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Tufted gray langur (revision 1355417400), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1208862 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).