- Nilgiri Langur
Taxobox
name = Nilgiri LangurMSW3 Groves | pages = 166]
status = VU
status_system = iucn3.1
status_ref = IUCN2006 | assessors = Participants of CBSG CAMP Workshop: Status of South Asian Primates | year = 2004 | id = 44694 | title = Semnopithecus johnii | downloaded =2007-07-29 ]
image_width= 210px
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis =Mammal ia
ordo =Primate s
familia =Cercopithecidae
genus = "Trachypithecus "
species_group = "T. vetulus"
species = "T. johnii"
binomial = "Trachypithecus johnii"
binomial_authority = (J. Fischer, 1829)The Nilgiri Langur ("Trachypithecus johnii") is a
lutung (a type ofOld World monkey ) found in theNilgiri hills of the Western Ghats inSouth India . Its range also includesKodagu inKarnataka ,Palani Hills inTamil Nadu and many other hilly areas inKerala . Thisprimate has glossy black fur on its body and golden brown fur on its head. It is similar in size and long tailed like thegray langur s. Females have a white patch of fur on the inner thigh. It lives in troops of five to 16 monkeys. The animal is often seen encroaching into agricultural lands. Its diet is comprised of fruits, shoots and leaves. The species is endangered due to deforestation and poaching for its fur and flesh, the latter believed to haveaphrodisiac properties.References
External links
*ARKive - [http://www.arkive.org/species/GES/mammals/Semnopithecus_johnii/ images and movies of the Nilgiri langur "(Semnopithecus johnii)"]
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