Semnopithecus vetulus Erxleben 1777 (purple-faced langur)

Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae

Alternative combinations: Cercopithecus vetulus, Trachypithecus vetulus

Synonyms: Cercopithecus cephalopterus Boddaert 1785, Simia cephaloptera Boddaert 1785

Belongs to Semnopithecus according to M. Osterholz et al. 2008

See also Owen 1853, Su and Jablonski 2009, Whittaker et al. 2006 and Wilson and Reeder 2005

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

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

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