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The doucs or douc langurs make up the genus Pygathrix. They are colobine Old World monkeys , native to Southeast Asia , which consists of these 3 species: red-shanked douc , black-shanked douc , and gray-shanked douc .
Old World monkeys are primates in the family Cercopithecidae (/ ˌ s ɜːr k oʊ p ɪ ˈ θ ɛ s ɪ d iː /). Twenty-four genera and 138 species are recognized, making it the largest primate family. Old World monkey genera include baboons (genus Papio), red colobus (genus Piliocolobus), and macaques (genus Macaca).
Fight of drunken monkeys and bears' was painted in 1720 by Pandit Seu of Guler (ca. 1680–1740). In the foothills of the Himalayas, the Pahari region of India, important stylistic developments occurred in the period between 1730 and 1810.
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] Traditionally only the species Semnopithecus entellus was recognized, but since about 2001 additional species have been recognized.
Miller's langur is a leaf monkey within the family Cercopithecidae and subfamily Colobinae. [2] It was formerly considered a subspecies of Hose's langur, Presbytis hosei (as Presbytis hosei canicrus). [3] [2] [4] [5] It was split from P. hosei on the basis of different morphology by primatologists Colin Groves and Christian Roos. [3] [6]
The northern plains gray langur belongs to the genus Semnopithecus along with the other Indian langurs. The southern plains gray langur was once classified as a subspecies of S. entellus, i.e., S. entellus dussumieri and later regarded as a separate species, i.e., S. dussumieri, but is now regarded as an invalid taxon.
The Tarai gray langur (Semnopithecus hector) is an Old World monkey, and was formerly considered a subspecies of the northern plains gray langur. The species is listed as near threatened , as there are probably not many more than 10,000 mature individuals, and it is experiencing a continuing decline.
Tufted gray langurs communicate with many different ways such as barks, grunts, whoops, whistles and howls. The cough like voice is used for giving tension, and whistling for the contact loss with the troop. [4] The tufted gray langur monkey's superior eyesight and ability to sit atop high trees allows it to spot predators easily.