Semnopithecus entellus

(Dufresne, 1797)

Bengal Sacred Langur

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

Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris, ser. 1, 7, 49

Original name as described

Simia entellus

Other common names

Bengal Gray Langur · Bengal Hanuman Langur · Common Langur · Entellus Langur · Hanuman Langur · North Indian Langur · Northern Plains Gray Langur

Type material

MNHN-ZM-2005-957

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/2005-957

Type locality

India, Bengal.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

India

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000688

Country distribution map

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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. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Simia entellus

(Dufresne, 1797)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

entellus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-2005-957

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/2005-957

Authority page

49

Authority publication

Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société philomatique de Paris (1791-1805)

Name usages

Goldfuss (1809:58, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497839) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)

Semnopithecus Entellus

Lesson, 1827

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

entellus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

40

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207471

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:40, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207471) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Cuvier (1842:1, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518524) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)
  3. Lesson (1842:3) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  4. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  5. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:733) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #39832) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #39832) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000688) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/39832/17942050) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Presbytes entellus

(Stoliczka, 1872)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

entellus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

220

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37137936

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

Stoliczka (1872:220, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37137936) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67309)

Presbytis entellus

(E. Blyth, 1863)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

entellus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

11

Authority page URI

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

Authority publication

Calcutta

Name usages

  1. Blyth (1863:11, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534729) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:90) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:238) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

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