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GENUS Semnopithecus

Author:Desmarest, 1822.
Citation:Mammalogie, in Encycl. Meth, 2(Suppl.): 532.
Type Species:Simia entellus Dufresne, 1797.
Comments:Considered a subgenus of Presbytis by Szalay and Delson (1979); separated from Presbytis by Groves (1989). All taxa have generally been placed in a single species (entellus), but Groves (2001c) divided them into seven species.
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SPECIES ajax

SPECIES dussumieri

SPECIES entellus

SPECIES hector

SPECIES hypoleucos

SPECIES priam

SPECIES schistaceus

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