Tufted Grey Langur monkey in Sri Lanka


The tufted gray langur (Semnopithecus priam), also known as Madras gray langur, and Coromandel sacred langur, is an Old World monkey, one of the species of langurs. This, like other gray langurs, is mainly a leaf-eating monkey. It is found in southeast India and Sri Lanka. It is one of three Semnopithecus species named after characters from The Iliad, S. hector and S. ajax being the others. There are two subspecies, Semnopithecus priam priam in India, and Semnopithecus priam thersites from Sri Lanka


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Location: Jetwing Vil Uyana Sigiriya, 21120, Sri Lanka
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