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Semnopithecus vetulus (purple-faced langur)

Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae

Taxonomy
Cercopithecus vetulus was named by Erxleben (1777). It is extant.

It was recombined as Semnopithecus vetulus by Whittaker et al. (2006) and Osterholz et al. (2008); it was recombined as Trachypithecus vetulus by Wilson and Reeder (2005) and Su and Jablonski (2009).

Synonyms
  • Simia cephaloptera was named by Boddaert (1785) [also attributed to Fischer 1829, who definitely spells it this way]. It is extant.

    It was recombined as Cercopithecus cephalopterus by Owen (1853); it was synonymized subjectively with Trachypithecus vetulus by Wilson and Reeder (2005).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1777Cercopithecus vetulus Erxleben
1785Simia cephaloptera Boddaert
1853Cercopithecus cephalopterus Owen p. 754
2005Trachypithecus vetulus Wilson and Reeder
2006Semnopithecus vetulus Whittaker et al. p. 889
2008Semnopithecus vetulus Osterholz et al. p. 7
2009Trachypithecus vetulus Su and Jablonski p. 192

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
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
speciesvetulus(Erxleben 1777)

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.

Semnopithecus vetulus Erxleben 1777 [purple-faced langur]
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Invalid names: Simia cephaloptera Boddaert 1785 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available