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Semnopithecus vetulus  (Erxleben, 1777)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 944269

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Trachypithecus vetulus (Erxleben, 1777)
  
  Common Name(s): Purple-faced Langur [English]
  
    Purple-faced Leaf Monkey [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderPrimates Linnaeus, 1758 – homem, macaco, primata, sagui, primates, primates  
                                  SuborderHaplorrhini Pocock, 1918  
                                     InfraorderSimiiformes Haeckel, 1866  
                                        SuperfamilyCercopithecoidea Gray, 1821  
                                           FamilyCercopithecidae Gray, 1821 – Old World monkeys  
                                              SubfamilyColobinae Jerdon, 1867 – leaf-eating monkeys, colobines  
                                                 TribePresbytini Gray, 1825 – Asian colobines  
                                                    GenusSemnopithecus Desmarest, 1822 – Indian langurs  
                                                       SpeciesSemnopithecus vetulus (Erxleben, 1777) – Purple-faced Langur, Purple-faced Leaf Monkey  
    Direct Children:  
                                                          Subspecies Semnopithecus vetulus monticola (Kelaart, 1850) – Highland Purple-faced Langur 
                                                          Subspecies Semnopithecus vetulus nestor Bennett, 1833 – Western Purple-faced Langur 
                                                          Subspecies Semnopithecus vetulus philbricki (Phillips, 1927) – Northern Purple-faced Langur 
                                                          Subspecies Semnopithecus vetulus vetulus (Erxleben, 1777) – Southern Purple-faced Langur 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Anthony B. Rylands  
  Notes: Deputy Chair, IUCN SSC Primate Specialist Group, Office of the Executive Vice Chair, Conservation International, 2011 Crystal Drive, Arlington, Virginia 22202, USA   
  Reference for: Semnopithecus vetulus    
       
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  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Mittermeier, Rusell A., Anthony B. Rylands, and Don E. Wilson, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2013   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Volume 3. Primates   
  Page(s): 951   
  Publisher: Lynx Edicions   
  Publication Place: Barcelona, Spain   
  ISBN/ISSN: 9788496553897   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Semnopithecus vetulus, Purple-faced Langur [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Southern Asia  
       
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