Semnopithecus schistaceus

Hodgson, 1840

Nepal 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

J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 9, 1212

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

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

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000693

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.

Semnopithecus schistaceus

Hodgson, 1840

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

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

  1. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:166) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  3. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:734) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #39840) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #39840) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000693) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/39840/17942792) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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

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)

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

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)

Semnopithecus schistaceus achilles

A. T. Smith & Xie Yan, 2008

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

achilles

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

166

Authority publication

Princeton

Name usages

Smith & Xie (2008:166) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Semnopithecus schistaceus lania

A. T. Smith & Xie Yan, 2008

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

lania

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

166

Authority publication

Princeton

Name usages

Smith & Xie (2008:166) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

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)

Semnopithecus nipalensis

Hodgson, 1840

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

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

Semnopithecus schistaceus

Blanford, 1888

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

schistaceus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

subsequent_usage

Authority page

30

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28222920

Authority publication

London

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

Semnopithecus hodie

Corbet in Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1992

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

hodie

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notusedas_valid

Authority page

175

Authority publication

Oxford

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