Chapter VI: The Malabar Langur. Semnopithecus Hypoleucus

_Semnopithecus hypoleucos_, Blyth, J. A. S. Beng., x., p. 839 (1841);
xiii., p. 470 (1844); Anderson, Res. Zool. Exped. Yun-nan, p. 20 (1878;
with full synonymy); Blanford, Faun. Brit. India, Mamm., p. 33 (1891).

_Semnopithecus johnii_, var., Martin, Mammif. Anim., p. 489 (1841); Gray,
Cat. Monkeys Brit. Mus., p. 14 (1870).

_Semnopithecus dussumieri_, Is. Geoffr., C. R., xv., p. 719 (1842); id.,
Descr. An. Nouv. Fam. des Singes, p. 54, pl. xxx.; id., Cat. Méth.
Primates, p. 13 (1851); Schl., Mus. Pays-Bas, vii., p. 62 (1876).

_Presbytis hypoleucos_, Blyth, J. A. S. Beng., xvi. (1847), p. 733.

_Presbytis johnii_ (nec Fischer), Blyth, J. A. S. Beng., xxviii., p. 283
(1859); id., Cat. Mam. As. Soc. Mus., p. 12 (1863); Jerd., Mamm. India,
p. 7 (1867).

{111}CHARACTERS.--Similar to _S. entellus_. No crest; hair radiating on crown; back, sides, posterior aspect of thighs and tail dusky brown, darker on the middle of the back; fore-arm, front of thighs, and lower portion of legs, black; head dirty yellow; under surface yellowish-white; face, hands, and feet, black. Length of body, 21 inches; of tail, 32 inches.

YOUNG.--Sooty-brown.

DISTRIBUTION.--The forests and woods near cultivation along the Malabar coast of India, below 1,500 feet.

HABITS.--Same as those of the Hanuman. It is, however, rather more shy.