Semnopithecus hypoleucos

E. Blyth, 1841

Malabar Sacred Langur

Semnopithecus hypoleucos iulus. Identified by KS Chetan Nag. Also as Black-footed Gray Langur, Dark-legged Malabar Langur, Malabar Gray Langur, Black-legged Langur, Northern Malabar Langur, Travancore Langur
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Location:India, Karnataka state, Castle RockDate taken:1 January 2007Description:Semnopithecus hypoleucos iulus. Identified by KS Chetan Nag. Also as Black-footed Gray Langur, Dark-legged Malabar Langur, Malabar Gray Langur, Black-legged Langur, Northern Malabar Langur, Travancore Langur

Distribution :

SW India

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 4695

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Euarchontoglires
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Parvorder: Catarrhini
Superfamily: Cercopithecoidea
Family: Cercopithecidae
Subfamily: Colobinae
Tribe: Presbytini
Genus: Semnopithecus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Blyth, E. 1841. Report for the month of September, by the Curator. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 10(2):836-842.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39758347

Original name as described

Semnopithecus hypoleucos

Other common names

Black-footed Gray Langur · Dark-legged Malabar Langur · Malabar Gray Langur · Black-legged Langur · Northern Malabar Langur · Travancore Langur

Type material

ZSI 11844

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

India, Travancore.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

India

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000690

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 26 names and synonyms.

cercopithecus albo-cinereus

A. G. Desmarest, 1822

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

albocinereus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

L'île de Sumatra

Type locality

India.

Authority page

534

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39521978

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Desmarest (1822:534, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39521978) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36189)
Schinz (1825:253, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51523670) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66129)
Lesson (1827:38, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207470) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)

Simia albo-cinerea:

J. B. Fischer, 1829

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

albocinereus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

20

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Name usages

Fischer (1829:20) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)

Semnopithecus hypoleucos

E. Blyth, 1841

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

hypoleucos

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZSI 11844

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

All that I could learn of this monkey was, that it bore the name of the Travancore Monkey in Madras

Type locality

India: Kerala.

Authority page

839

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39758347

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

Blyth (1841:839, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39758347) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69200)
Blyth (1844:470, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40057297) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68447)
Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:735) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
Roos, Boonratana, Supriatna, Fellowes, Groves, Nash, Rylands & Mittermeier (2014:15) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20030)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #39838) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #39838) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000690) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/167543916/17942313) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Semnopithecus dussumieri

I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1842

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

dussumieri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-2005-932 (= MNHN:type:11a) (= MNHN "146") (= MNHN "88")

Type kind

lectotype

Original type locality

de la côte du Malabar

Type locality

India: Kerala: 11°59′N, 75°32′E.

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/2005-932

Authority page

719

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2710103

Authority publication

Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences

Name usages

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1843:538, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25101269) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67144)
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1844:17) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68923)
Schlegel (1876:62, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14895127) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67480)
Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Presbytis albocinereus:

E. Blyth, 1863

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

albocinereus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

15

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534725

Authority publication

Calcutta

Name usages

Blyth (1863:15, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534725) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
Jerdon (1867:9, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37299620) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68353)

Semnopithecus hypoleucus:

A. Murray, 1866

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

hypoleucus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

320

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580316

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Murray (1866:320, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580316) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
Blanford (1888:33, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28222923) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37753)
Trouessart (1904:8, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422869) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Semnopithecus albocinereus:

Schlegel, 1876

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

albocinereus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

38

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14895103

Authority publication

Muséum d'histoire naturelle des Pays-Bas

Name usages

Schlegel (1876:38, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14895103) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67480)
Bonhote (1901:872, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35995202) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67682)

Semnopitecus dussumieri:

de Elera, 1895

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

dussumieri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

2

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38853912

Authority publication

Manila

Name usages

Elera (1895:2, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38853912) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68680)

leucopus:

Wroughton, 1912

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

leucopus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

397

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30151110

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Pygathrix hypoleuca:

D. G. Elliot, 1913

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

hypoleuca

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

lxiv

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602358

Authority publication

New York

Name usages

Elliot (1913:lxiv, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602358) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35489)

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