Trachypithecus pileatus

(E. Blyth, 1843)

Capped 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 : Trachypithecus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 12, 174

Original name as described

Semnopithecus pileatus

Other common names

Bonneted Langur · Capped Leaf Monkey · Capped Monkey · Blond-bellied Capped Langur · Blond-bellied Langur · Buff-bellied Langur · Buff-bellied Capped Langur · Orange-bellied Capped Langur · Orange-bellied Capped Leaf Monkey · Orange-bellied Langur · Tenebrous Capped Langur · Tenebrous Capped Leaf Monkey

Type material

ZSI 15389

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

type received from Barrackpore (menagerie), stated to be Malayan. Restricted by C. P. Groves in 2005 to India, Assam.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

India · Bhutan · Bangladesh · Myanmar

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000712

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

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 argentatus

(Horsfield, 1851)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

argentatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1879.11.21.597

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/41a55958-fc6b-4708-b9d2-b4e7c4390076 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a1a2b97e-8dab-4881-9553-2c06c22ea694

Authority page

7

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23832323

Authority publication

London

Name usages

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

Pithecus durga

(Wroughton, 1916)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

durga

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1886.10.18.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/705c72e6-c898-485f-a1f9-cd61fae001de https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d4fcfd91-9cd0-435a-9734-4c4e58ae06e6

Authority page

655

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30152252

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Pithecus brahma

(Wroughton, 1916)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

brahma

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1913.2.21.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/dd68808c-c6ea-4602-afd8-4bfb2db4c302 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/dfb53a42-184c-4ab8-8c34-fe4469f53f27

Authority page

654

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30152251

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Pithecus pileatus saturatus

(Hinton, 1923)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

saturatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1921.7.13.5

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/06b412f3-7107-49ea-82b4-a7319fb48f4e https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c4b83336-2311-4a6f-b111-6cb88acdc5d5

Authority page

81

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47864490

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

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

Pithecus pileatus tenebricus

(Hinton, 1923)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

tenebricus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1921.7.13.8

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/15de5b8a-163e-4d10-a32e-0197139e4858 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5c218c8b-338c-4a7c-b811-4a4d430fbfdf

Authority page

81

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47864490

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Semnopithecus pileatus

(E. Blyth, 1843)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

pileatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZSI 15389

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

174

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Presbytis pileata

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

pileata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

90

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:90) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:239) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Trachypithecus pileatus brahma

Groves, 2005

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

brahma

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Trachypithecus pileatus durga

Groves, 2005

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

durga

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Trachypithecus pileatus

Groves, 2005

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

pileatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  2. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:741) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #22041) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #22041) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000712) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22041/196580469) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Trachypithecus pileatus pileatus

Groves, 2005

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

pileatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Trachypithecus pileatus tenebricus

Groves, 2005

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

tenebricus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Presbytis pileatus

(E. Blyth, 1863)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

pileatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

12

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534728

Authority publication

Calcutta

Name usages

Blyth (1863:12, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534728) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)

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