AnimalsThe gray langur, or Hanuman langur, is a slender grey monkey with a black face and a very long tail. It eats mainly leaves. Langurs sitting in treetops give a harsh alarm bark when they spot a tiger or leopard.
Quick facts
- Scientific name
- Semnopithecus entellus
- Group
- Mammals
- Diet
- Herbivore (eats plants)
- Lives in
- India
- Habitat
- Forests, villages and towns
- A young one is called
- infant
- A group is called
- troop
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
How it is classified
Scientists sort living things into groups within groups. Reading down, each step is a smaller group, ending with the species itself.
- Kingdom Animalia
- Phylum Chordata
- Class Mammalia
- Order Primates
- Family Cercopithecidae
- Genus Semnopithecus
- Species Semnopithecus entellus
Other members of the family Cercopithecidae on this site: rhesus macaque.
More distant relatives in the order Primates: Bornean orangutan, chimpanzee, ring-tailed lemur, Western gorilla.
Classification follows the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Other reference works arrange some groups differently. How classification works.
Is it in danger?
The northern plains gray langur is listed as Least Concern. The species is widespread or numerous enough that it is not considered at risk of extinction at present.
This is the IUCN Red List category as recorded in Wikidata on 11 November 2026. The IUCN Red List itself is the authority and may carry a newer assessment. What the categories mean.