#0365 · 🦊 mammals

Bengal Sacred Langur

🇳🇱 Voor-Indische Hoelman ·Semnopithecus entellus

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe

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2. © Robert Gowan · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Ramesh Shenai · CC BY 4.0
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5. © Jiro Iguchi · CC BY 4.0
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7. © Bob McDougall · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © Melinda J. Thompson · CC BY-NC 4.0
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what is it?

The northern plains gray langur ( Semnopithecus entellus ), also known as the sacred langur , is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae. The southern plains gray langur ( Semnopithecus dussumieri ) was previously classified as a subspecies of S. , S. entellus dussumieri . Its range covers a large portion of India south of the Himalayas south to the Tapti River and the Krishna River.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 3,645iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
3,645 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Louis Dufresne in 1797 (229 years ago).