Field record
Tufted Gray Langur
Semnopithecus priam
- Location
- Yala National Park, Sri Lanka
- Coordinates
- 6.37° N · 81.52° E
Field guideNear Threatened
Named for the crest of upright hairs on its crown, it lives in troops and is a semi-terrestrial leaf-eater, often seen around temples and dry-forest edges.
- Family
- Cercopithecidae (Old World monkeys)
- Length
- 58–80 cm (head and body; the tail is longer still, 66–102 cm)
- Diet
- Primarily leaves, plus fruit, flowers, and buds
- Range
- South-eastern India and Sri Lanka