Semnopithecus is a genus of Old World monkeys native to the Indian subcontinent, with all species with the exception of two being commonly known as gray langurs. [1]

Leaf monkeys of genus Trachypithecus are also called brow-ridged langurs. They live in Southeast Asia from Bhutan and southern China to Java and are smaller and more arboreal than Hanuman langurs.

Presbytis is a genus of Old World monkeys also known as langurs, leaf monkeys, or surilis native to Sumatra, Borneo, Java and smaller nearby islands in Indonesia and the the Thai-Malay Peninsula.

Black-footed gray langurs, also called dark-legged Malabar langurs or Malabar sacred langurs, are monkeys native to India. They are distributed across many territories, including Goa, Karnataka, …

On this page, we dive into the world of langurs, exploring their physical attributes, their classifications, eating habits, different types of langurs, and the challenges they encounter today.

They are divided into two groups: Old World monkeys that are native to Africa and Asia (like langurs), and New World monkeys that are indigenous to the Americas.

Spectacled langurs are part of the Cercopithecidae family, which they share with other African-Eurasian monkeys. The name “langur” is a Hindu word meaning “long-tailed.” They are also known as "dusky …

Langurs are leaf-eating monkeys. They prefer young leaves with a higher moisture content, but also eat bark, shoots, seeds, fruit, flowers, nectar, and insects. These monkeys have a body length of up to …

Langurs are arboreal monkeys with long tails and slender bodies that are sociable, diurnal, and essentially arboreal. On the Indian subcontinent, langurs are mostly found in forests, open lightly …

Langurs belong to the primate family Cercopitecidae, of which 13 species are represented in the genus Semnopithecus. This represents one of the largest and most diverse groups of colobine monkeys in …