Animalia > Chordata > Mammalia > Primates > Cercopithecidae > Semnopithecus > Semnopithecus schistaceusSemnopithecus schistaceus (Nepal gray langur)Synonyms: Pithecus entellus achilles; Presbytis lania; Semnopithecus achilles; Semnopithecus lania; Semnopithecus nipalensis Nepal gray langur (Semnopithecus schistaceus) is a gray langur endemic to the Himalayas in Nepal, far southwestern China (Tibet), northern India, northern Pakistan, Bhutan and possibly Afghanistan. It is found in forests at an altitude of 1,500 to 4,000 metres (4,900 to 13,100 ft). Its easternmost limit in India is Buxa Tiger Reserve in northern West Bengal, at least till the Rydak river. The Nepal gray langur is both terrestrial and arboreal, and has a diet composed of leaves. At 26.5 kilograms (58 lb), the heaviest langur ever recorded was a male Nepal gray langur. |
| Adult Weight [1] | 28.751 lbs (13.041 kg) | | Birth Weight [1] | 1.102 lbs (500 g) | | Female Weight [1] | 22.50 lbs (10.206 kg) | | Male Weight [1] | 35.001 lbs (15.876 kg) | | Weight Dimorphism [1] | 55.6 % |  | | Diet [2] | Frugivore, Granivore, Herbivore | | Diet - Fruit [2] | 10 % | | Diet - Plants [2] | 80 % | | Diet - Seeds [2] | 10 % | | Forages - Scansorial [2] | 100 % | | | Female Maturity [1] | 3 years 4 months | | Male Maturity [1] | 5 years 2 months | | | Gestation [1] | 6 months 12 days | | Litter Size [1] | 1 | | Litters / Year [1] | 1 | | Maximum Longevity [1] | 29 years | | Snout to Vent Length [1] | 27 inches (69 cm) |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109 ♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027 |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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