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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER PRIMATES
--> SUBORDER HAPLORRHINI
--> INFRAORDER SIMIIFORMES
--> SUPERFAMILY Cercopithecoidea
--> FAMILY Cercopithecidae
--> SUBFAMILY Colobinae
--> GENUS Trachypithecus
--> SUBGENUS Kasi
SPECIES Trachypithecus (Kasi) vetulus
| Original Name: | Cercopithecus vetulus | | Author: | Erxleben, 1777. | | Citation: | Syst. Regni Anim.: 24. | | Common Name: | Purple-faced Langur | | Type Locality: | Sri Lanka, Hill country of South. | | Distribution: | Sri Lanka. | | Status: | CITES – Appendix II; U.S. ESA – Threatened as Presbytis senex; IUCN – Endangered as T. v. vetulus, T. v. monticola, T. v. nestor, and T. v. philbricki. | | Comments: | T. vetulus species group. Type of subgenus Kasi; see Szalay and Delson (1979:402). On the use of vetulus, instead of the previously more commonly used senex, for the species, see Napier (1985:72). |
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