Langur Monkey
This long limbed monkey is pretty common throughout the jungle terrain of north west and central India Almost as common as the Rhesus monkey Both these monkeys are fairly common specimens in most Indian cities townships and villages especially around the very many temples some city parks and around lots of places of tourist interest too actually everywhere wherever these wily musketeers anticipate obtaining morsels of their favoured food Their presence and population has indeed reached even menacing proportions in some localities where these are allowed to be systematically trapped Langurs have silky gray fur black face and long prehensile tail They generally seem to form two types of groups bisexual and all male Bisexual groups usually contain between 10 and 30 members one adult male besides adult females young individuals of both sexes and infants All male troupes are more variable in number and comprise solely of adult and sub adult males At night the troupes retire to a group of trees within its territory sleeping towards the outer brancshes to escape predators Their food is mostly vegetarian large variety of fruits flowers buds shoots leaves tree gum etc They also relish eating termites and other insects Seated Langurs admeasure about 6 75 cm high tail 90 100 cm Weight 9 15 kg Peak birth period is the colder season Gestation period is about 6 months Female reaches sexual maturity at about 3 and a half years young may be produced once every 2 years Within a troupe caring for young is often shared be several female members
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