Semnopithecus hector Pocock 1928 (monkey)

Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae

Alternative combination: Presbytis schistaceus hector

Full reference: R.I. Pocock. 1928. The Langurs, or Leaf Lemurs of British India. The journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 32(3-4):472-504

Belongs to Semnopithecus according to C. J. Burgin et al. 2018

See also Pocock 1928 and Wilson and Reeder 2005

Sister taxa: Semnopithecus (Lophopithecus), Semnopithecus ajax, Semnopithecus asnoti, Semnopithecus cucullatus, Semnopithecus entellus, Semnopithecus hypoleucos, Semnopithecus johnii, Semnopithecus natunae, Semnopithecus priam, Semnopithecus schistaceus, Semnopithecus vetulus

Ecology: arboreal frugivore-folivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Semnopithecus hector in the database

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