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]

Leaf monkeys of genus Trachypithecus are also called brow-ridged langurs. They live in Southeast Asia from Bhutan and southern China to Java and are smaller and more arboreal than Hanuman langurs.

On this page, we dive into the world of langurs, exploring their physical attributes, their classifications, eating habits, different types of langurs, and the challenges they encounter today.

Presbytis is a genus of Old World monkeys also known as langurs, leaf monkeys, or surilis native to Sumatra, Borneo, Java and smaller nearby islands in Indonesia and the the Thai-Malay Peninsula.

They are divided into two groups: Old World monkeys that are native to Africa and Asia (like langurs), and New World monkeys that are indigenous to the Americas.

Black-footed gray langurs, also called dark-legged Malabar langurs or Malabar sacred langurs, are monkeys native to India. They are distributed across many territories, including Goa, Karnataka, …

The beautiful red-shanked douc langur is only found in north and central Vietnam and Laos. Its habitat is in the lowland to montane primary and secondary rainforest where it lives in the mid to upper levels …

"What exactly is a langur?" you may ask. Langurs are a type of leaf-eating monkey whose multi-chambered stomach allows them to digest the stodgy plant food in between feeding times. The …

Langurs belong to the primate family Cercopitecidae, of which 13 species are represented in the genus Semnopithecus. This represents one of the largest and most diverse groups of colobine monkeys in …

Gee's golden langur (Trachypithecus geei), also known as simply the golden langur, is an Old World monkey found in a small region of Western Assam, India and the neighboring foothills of the Black …