Semnopithecus johnii

(J. B. Fischer, 1829)

Nilgiri Langur

Formerly Trachypithecus johnii. Also as Black Leaf Monkey|Hooded Leaf Monkey|Indian Hooded Leaf Monkey|John's Langur|Nilgiri Black Langur|Nilgiri Leaf Monkey|South Indian Black Leaf Monkey. Identified by KP Karanth and KS Chetan Nag.1 / 3
Location: India, Tamil Nadu, Anamalai Tiger Reserve (formerly Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary and National Park)Date taken: Dec 25, 2013

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Image Library · MIL ID: 2854

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

Fischer, J.B. 1829. [Main body of work]. Pp. 1–527 in Fischer, J.B. 1829-1830. Synopsis Mammalium. J.G. Cotta, Stuttgart, 752 pp.

Authority publication link

https://books.google.com/books?id=X31EAQAAMAAJ

Original name as described

Simia Johnii

Other common names

Black Leaf Monkey · Hooded Leaf Monkey · Indian Hooded Leaf Monkey · John's Langur · Nilgiri Black Langur · Nilgiri Leaf Monkey · South Indian Black Leaf Monkey

Type material

lost (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

India, Tellicherry.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

India

Taxonomy notes

moved to Semnopithecus from Trachypithecus; the synonym leonina is included under this species, although the names placement is not certain

Taxonomy notes citation

Osterholz, M., Walter, L. and Roos, C. 2008. Phylogenetic position of the langur genera Semnopithecus and Trachypithecus among Asian colobines, and genus affiliations of their species groups. BMC Evolutionary Biology 8(1):58. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-8-58

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000691

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.

Total: 14 names and synonyms.

Simia Leonina

(G. K. Shaw, 1800)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

leoninus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

34

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41150667

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Shaw (1800:34, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41150667) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37615)
  2. Goldfuss (1809:64, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497898) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)
  3. Virey (1819:275, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35135193) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60385)
  4. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Cynocephalus leoninus

(Illiger, 1815)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

leoninus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

76

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080932

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der physikalischen Klasse der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Illiger (1815:76, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080932) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)

Simia Johnii

(J. B. Fischer, 1829)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

johnii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

25

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Name usages

Fischer (1829:25) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)

Semnopithecus cucullatus

I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1830

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

cucullatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-2005-936 (= MNHN:type:21a) (= MNHN "116") (= MNHN "86")

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/2005-936

Authority page

318

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43080898

Authority publication

Bulletin des Sciences Naturelles et de Géologie

Name usages

  1. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1831:38, 72) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67807)
  2. Lesson (1842:3) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  3. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1843:541, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25101272) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67144)
  4. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1844:19) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68923)
  5. Murray (1866:320, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580316) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  6. Gray (1871:14, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994508) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/21655)
  7. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Semnopithecus Johnii

W. C. L. Martin, 1838

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

johnii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

439

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2297179

Authority publication

Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Martin (1838:439, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2297179) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68906)
  2. Gray (1871:14, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994508) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/21655)
  3. Schlegel (1876:50, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14895115) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67480)
  4. Brandon-Jones (1995:24) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14529)
  5. Brandon-Jones, Eudey, Geissmann, Groves, Melnick, Morales, Shekelle & Stewart (2004:134) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5237)
  6. Osterholz, Walter & Roos (2008:7) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4913)
  7. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:738) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  8. Roos, Boonratana, Supriatna, Fellowes, Groves, Nash, Rylands & Mittermeier (2014:16) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20030)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000439) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000439) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000691) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  12. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/44694/17958623) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Semnopithecus jubatus

J. A. Wagner, 1839

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

jubatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NMW ST1586, NMW ST1596

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

433

Authority page URI

https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015033505853?urlappend=%3Bseq=225%3Bownerid=13510798895577880-289

Authority publication

Gelehrte Anzeigen der Königlich Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu München

Name usages

  1. Wagner (1839:433, https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015033505853?urlappend=%3Bseq=225%3Bownerid=13510798895577880-289) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69227)
  2. Wagner (1839:305, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31071944) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38212)
  3. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Presbytis Johnii

(E. Blyth, 1848)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

johnii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

249

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40129682

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

  1. Blyth (1848:249, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40129682) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67633)
  2. Blyth (1863:12, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534728) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  3. Jerdon (1867:7, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37299616) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68353)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:239) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  5. Corbet & Hill (1991:100) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)

Presbytis cucullatus

(E. Blyth, 1863)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

cucullatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

14

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534726

Authority publication

Calcutta

Name usages

Blyth (1863:14, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534726) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)

Presbytis jubatus

(Jerdon, 1867)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

jubatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

8

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37299617

Authority publication

Roorkee

Name usages

Jerdon (1867:8, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37299617) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68353)

Semnopithecus johni

Blanford, 1888

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

johni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

33

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28222923

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Blanford (1888:33, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28222923) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37753)
  2. Trouessart (1904:7, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422870) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

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