Kashmir gray langur

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Kashmir gray langur
CITES Appendix I (CITES)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Family: Cercopithecidae
Genus: Semnopithecus
Species:
S. ajax
Binomial name
Semnopithecus ajax
Pocock, 1928[2]
Kashmir gray langur range

The Kashmir gray langur (Semnopithecus ajax) is an

leaf-eating monkey.[2]

It has been reported from Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh in northwestern India but evidence indicates it only occurs in the Chamba Valley in Himachal Pradesh. Because of its restricted range, fragmented population and threats from human agriculture and development activities it is listed as Endangered in the IUCN Red List.[1] In Pakistan it occurs in Machiara National Park.[3]

It was formerly considered a subspecies of

Semnopithecus priam.[4]

Ecology and behaviour

It is

arboreal and diurnal, and lives in temperate and alpine forests.[1] It lives at the highest elevation of any non-human primate in the world and is found in forests at elevations ranging from 1,500 to 4,733 m (4,921 to 15,528 ft).[1][5]

The

Alloparental care occurs in Kashmir gray langur for up to 5 months. Males are usually protective of infants, but infanticide occasionally occurs.[6]

Although most Asian colobine groups comprise only a single adult male and multiple females, multimale groups are known to occur within Semnopithecus species. In Kashmir gray langurs, multimale groups may include as many as five adult males. Females initiate copulation by soliciting a male, but not all solicitations result in copulation.[6]

References

  1. ^
    doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T39833A17943210.en
    . Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  2. ^
    OCLC 62265494
    .
  3. ^ Minhas, R. A.; Ahmed, K. B.; Awan, M. S.; Dar, N. I. (2010). "Social organization and reproductive biology of Himalayan grey langur (Semnopithecus entellus ajax) in Machiara National Park, Azad Kashmir (Pakistan)". Pakistan Journal of Zoology. 42: 143–156.
  4. OCLC 62265494
    .
  5. PMID 23408044
    .
  6. ^
    ISBN 978-0-19-517133-4
    .
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