Semnopithecus priam

E. Blyth, 1844

Tufted Gray 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

J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 13: 470 (October).

Original name as described

Semnopithecus priam

Other common names

Coromandel Crested Langur · Coromandel Gray Langur · Coromandel Sacred Langur · Madras Gray Langur · Central Indian Gray Langur · Madras Gray Langur · Sri Lankan Gray Langur · Southern Gray Langur

Type material

ZSI 11984

Type kind

lectotype

Type locality

India, Coromandel Coast.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

India · Sri Lanka

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000692

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.

Pithecus entellus priamellus

(Pocock, 1928)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

priamellus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1921.11.5.7

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/6128cba4-bf81-4dfb-ba53-8c9fad457b95 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/efbddeb6-227d-41ea-b8c1-e343275fea4f

Authority page

494

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47556054

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

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

Presbytis anchises

(E. Blyth, 1844)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

anchises

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

470

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

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

Semnopithecus albipes

I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1851

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

albipes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-2005-934

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/2005-934

Authority page

14

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54184680

Authority publication

Paris

Presbytis thersites

(E. Blyth, 1847)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

thersites

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZSI 11837

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

1271

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40126852

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

  1. Layard (1851:405, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13788005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67277)
  2. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Presbytis priamus

(E. Blyth, 1847)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

priamus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Type

ZSI 11948

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

732

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40126261

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

  1. Layard (1851:405, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13788005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67277)
  2. Blyth (1863:12, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534728) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  3. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Semnopithecus priam

E. Blyth, 1844

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

priam

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZSI 11984

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

470

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

  1. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  2. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:736) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #135440) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #135440) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000692) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/167546892/17942964) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Presbytes Priamus

(Kelaart, 1852)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

priamus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

155

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59278675

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Kelaart (1852:155, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59278675) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67270)
  2. Kelaart (1852:3, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52257288) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38608)
  3. Stoliczka (1872:220, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37137936) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67309)

Presbytes Thersites

(Kelaart, 1852)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

thersites

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

155

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59278675

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Kelaart (1852:155, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59278675) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67270)
  2. Kelaart (1852:5, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52257286) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38608)

Presbytes Priam

(Kelaart, 1890)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

priam

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

316

Authority publication

Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society

Name usages

Kelaart (1890:316) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60533)

Semnopithecus priam priam

Mittermeier, Rylands, & D. E. Wilson, 2013

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

priam

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

736

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:736) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)

Semnopithecus pallipes

E. Blyth, 1844

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

pallipes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

312

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Semnopithecus albimanus

Schlegel, 1876

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

albimanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

32

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14895097

Authority publication

Leiden

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