Semnopithecus schistaceus

B. H. Hodgson, 1841

Nepal Sacred Langur

Also as Central Himalayan Langur, Nepal Gray Langur. Identified by KS Chetan Nag.
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Location:India, Uttarakhand state, MussoorieDate taken:1 January 2013Description:Also as Central Himalayan Langur, Nepal Gray Langur. Identified by KS Chetan Nag.

Distribution :

N India, Nepal, and Bhutan

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 4700

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

Hodgson, B.H. 1841. Three new species of Monkey; with remarks on the genera Semnopithecus et Macacus. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 9(2):1211-1213.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39935995

Original name as described

Semnopithecus Schistaceus

Other common names

Central Himalayan Langur · Nepal Gray Langur

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1843.1.12.1, BMNH:Mamm:1845.10.8.4

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/2d816e4a-50ff-4106-9216-ce62983f0128 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/8ac3eb93-86d5-461c-a6ef-395ee236ba3e https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/93205c6c-ebe7-477c-90ee-4a4b10ab0537 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f839e108-e8bb-4c53-bab8-ea791f76be7d

Type locality

Nepal.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya · Palearctic

Country distribution

Bhutan · China · India · Nepal · Pakistan · Afghanistan?

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000693

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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: 16 names and synonyms.

Semnopithecus Nipalensis

B. H. Hodgson, 1841

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

nipalensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notusedas_valid

Authority page

1212

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39935995

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

Hodgson (1841:1212, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39935995) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67406)
Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Semnopithecus Schistaceus

B. H. Hodgson, 1841

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

schistaceus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1843.1.12.1, BMNH:Mamm:1845.10.8.4

Type kind

lectotype

Original type locality

Tarai forest and lower hills, rarely the Kachâr also

Type locality

Nepal.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/2d816e4a-50ff-4106-9216-ce62983f0128 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/8ac3eb93-86d5-461c-a6ef-395ee236ba3e https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/93205c6c-ebe7-477c-90ee-4a4b10ab0537 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f839e108-e8bb-4c53-bab8-ea791f76be7d

Authority page

1212

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39935995

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

Hodgson (1841:1212, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39935995) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67406)
Hodgson (1841:212, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37126976) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35561)
Blyth (1844:471, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40057298) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68447)
Hodgson (1844:285, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46405520) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65716)
Horsfield (1857:393, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12860967) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36026)
Schlegel (1876:61, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14895126) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67480)
Blanford (1888:30, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28222920) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37753)
Flower & Lydekker (1891:727, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46965942) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34115)
Trouessart (1904:8, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422869) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
Smith & Xie (2008:166) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:734) (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 #39840) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #39840) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Kumar, Sharma & Khan (2022:5) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66220)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000693) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/39840/17942792) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Presbytis schistaceus:

E. Blyth, 1863

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

schistaceus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

11

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534729

Authority publication

Calcutta

Name usages

Blyth (1863:11, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534729) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
Jerdon (1867:6, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37299613) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68353)

Presbytis lania

D. G. Elliot, 1909

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

lanius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1909.7.16.1

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Chumbi Valley, Thibet

Type locality

China: Tibet: 27°28′N, 88°53′E.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/0d5ee601-df05-485e-8b56-183a7b1fd9b3 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b95477c9-94f0-4c61-ab84-f07b6ff16b7c

Authority page

273

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22097652

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Semnopithecus schsitaceus:

E. Brass, 1911

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

schsitaceus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

382

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14911302

Authority publication

Berlin

Pygathrix lania:

D. G. Elliot, 1913

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

lanius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

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)

Pygathrix schistaceus:

D. G. Elliot, 1913

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

schistaceus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

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)

Pithecus schistaceus:

O. Thomas, 1918

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

schistaceus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

370

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5454140

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

Thomas (1918:370, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5454140) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/32316)

Pithecus entellus achilles

Pocock, 1928

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

achilles

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1926.12.3.1

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Satthar Hill (12, 000 feet) in Gorkha, Nepal

Type locality

Nepal: 28°N, 84°38′E.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/79977306-ef6f-4e02-a450-12b5c953c678 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d1534f63-facc-4aed-88a5-b738578ac1ac

Authority page

478

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47556036

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Presbytis entellus achilles:

Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

achilles

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

205

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722506

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:205, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722506) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)

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