VMD 512: Zoo/Wild Animal Breeding, Management, Nutrition and Health Care (1+1)

COMMON LANGUR, NILGIRI LANGUR AND GOLDEN LANGUR

Common langur (Presbytis entellus)

• This is also called as ‘Hanuman monkey’.
• Long-limbed, long-tailed and black-faced non-human primate.
• Himalayan animals esp. the western ranges are the largest and heaviest.
• Panther is the chief predator of this species.
• Makes sound when leaping from tree to tree.
• Average troop size is about 18 to 25.

Nilgiri langur (Presbytis johni)

• Glossy black or blackish-brown animals with a yellowish-brown head. The rump and base of the tail may be grizzled.
• The young animals are reddish brown till they become ten weeks old and then, they assume jet black color.
• Lives in troops varying in size from 3 to 25 with 8 to 9 animals in a troop.
• They produce an early morning sound
• Arboreal in nature.

Golden langur (Presbytis geei )

• Uniformly deep cream color in dull light, bright golden in sunlight.
• Hairs are longer and darker that are almost red, lighter in summer.
• Face is black and the tail is mildly tassellated.
• Lives in small troops of aout nine animals with one adult male and more females and many subadults