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Semnopithecus

Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1822Semnopithecus Desmarest
1877Semnopithecus Schlosser p. 16
2002Semnopithecus Jablonski
2005Semnopithecus Wilson and Reeder
2006Semnopithecus Whittaker et al. p. 889
2008Semnopithecus Osterholz et al. p. 7
2013Semnopithecus Fleagle
2018Semnopithecus Burgin et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
Euarchonta
orderPrimates
infraorderHaplorhini(Pocock 1918)
Anthropoidea(Mivart 1864)
infraorderCatarrhiniGeoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1812
superfamilyCercopithecoidea
familyCercopithecidae
genusSemnopithecusDesmarest 1822

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Semnopithecus Desmarest 1822
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Subg. Semnopithecus (Lophopithecus) Trouessart 1879
Semnopithecus ajax Pocock 1928
Semnopithecus asnoti Pilgrim 1910
Semnopithecus entellus Dufresne 1797 [northern plains gray langur]
Semnopithecus johnii Fischer 1829 [Nilgiri langur]
Semnopithecus natunae Thomas and Hartert 1894
Semnopithecus vetulus Erxleben 1777 [purple-faced langur]
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Invalid names: Simia cephaloptera Boddaert 1785 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealf
Diet: frugivoref
Diet 2: folivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 19:20:00
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002
Collections
No collection or age range data are available