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15. Senmopithecus hypoleucus. The Malabar Langur. 



Semnopitbecus li}-poleucos, Blyth, J. A. S. B. x, p. 839 (1841), 

 xiii, p. 470 ; Anderson, An. Zool, Res. p. 20 ; id. Cat. p. 40. 



Semnopitbecus dussumieii, Is. Geoffr. Comptes Rendus, xv, p. 719 

 (1842) ; id. Descr. An. JS'ouv., Fam. des Sinffes, p. 54, pi. xxx. 



Presbytis bypoleucos, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xvi, p. 733. 



Presbytis jobnii, Blyth, Cat. p. 12 ; Jerdon, Mam. p. 7, iiec Fischer. 



Vella Manthi, Malayalim. 



No crest. The hair ou the crowu of the head radiates as iu 

 S. entellus. 



Colour. Above dusky brown, varying somewhat in tint, some- 

 times not much darker than S. entelhis, but always dai'ker iu the 

 middle of the back thau on the sides. Head fulvous to dirty 

 yellow, the crown being rather darker. Supraorbital hairs black 

 as usual, aud some black hairs before the ears. Limbs dark brown, 

 hands and feet black ; tail dark brown, the terminal portion paler. 

 Lower parts yellow or yellowish white. Face black. Young 

 animals are said by Jerdon to be sooty brown throughout. 



Dimensions. Smaller thau those of >S. entellus. Head aud body 

 of a full-grown male 21 inches, tail 32. An adult male skull 

 measures 4*26 inches in extreme length by 3-30 in breadth across 

 the zygomatic arches (Anderson). 



Distribution. The Malabar coast, especially in evergreen forests, 

 from about 14° or 15° North lat. to Cape Comoriu, ascending 

 the hills to an elevation of about 1200 or 1300 feet. It is not 

 confined to the forests, but frequents gardens and the belt of 

 cultivated wooded land that extends all along the sea-coast of 

 Malabar. 



Habits. Similar to those of S. entellus, except that, although it 

 is found in trees near houses, it is not familiar and rather shuns 

 observation. It has the usual loud call of the genus, and the 

 same kind of alarm-note when it sees tigers or other beasts o£ 

 prey. It is frequently taken young and tamed. 



16. Senmopitliecus johni. The Nilgiri Langur. 



Simla johnii, Fischer, Syn. Mam. p. 25 (1829). 



Semnopitbecus cucuUatus, Is. Geoffr, Zool. Bel. Voy. p. 38, pi. i 



(1834). 

 Semnopitbecus jubatus, Wagner, Schreb. Sdugeth. Stipp. i, p. 305, 

 Presbytis jobnii, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xvi, p. 734. 

 Presbytis cucullatus, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xxviii, p. 283 ; id. Cat. p. 14. 

 Presbytis jubatus, Jerdon, Mam. p. 8. 

 Semnopitbecus jobnii, Anderson, An. Zool. Res. p. 21 ; id. Cat. 



p. 45. 



Turuni, Kodan, Pershk, Toda ; Koranyu, Baduga and Kurumba ; 

 Karing Korangu, Mai. 



Hair of the crown and sides of the head very long ; no radiating 

 centre to the crown. Fur of the body long, fine, and glossy. 



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