Tufted Gray Langur

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. In Sinhala it is known as හැලි වඳුරා (Heli wandura).

From Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Tufted Gray Langur being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

• Semnopithecus entellus
• Semnopithecus hypoleucos
• Semnopithecus hector
• Semnopithecus schistaceus
• Piliocolobus kirkii

Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Primates

Family

Cercopithecidae

Genus

Semnopithecus

Species

Semnopithecus priam

More species