page_title: Tufted gray langur
section_title: Body Characteristics
hierarchical_section_title: Tufted gray langur / Body Characteristics
caption_attribution_description: English: The tufted gray langur (Semnopithecus priam) , also known as Madras gray langur, and Coromandel sacred langur.
context_page_description: The tufted gray langur, also known as Madras gray langur, and Coromandel sacred langur, is an Old World monkey, one of the species of langurs. This, like other gray langurs, is mainly a leaf-eating monkey. It is found in southeast India and Sri Lanka. It is one of three Semnopithecus species named after characters from The Iliad, S. hector and S. ajax being the others. In Sinhala it is known as හැලි වදුරා.
context_section_description: Head to body length = 55 to 80 cm (22 to 31 in)
  Tail length = 75 to 90 cm (30 to 35 in)
  Weight of an adult = 11 to 20 kg (24 to 44 lb)
  Males are larger than females. The average adult size for the species overall was a body mass of 12.8 kg (28 lb) and a head-to-body length of 61.1 cm (24.1 in). The Indian population is somewhat larger bodied than the Sri Lankan tufted gray langurs which typically are reported to weigh between 6.8 and 13.4 kg (15 and 30 lb). Despite its somewhat slighter size there, the Tufted gray langur is the largest native primate on Sri Lanka based on average sizes.
  In Sri Lankan subspecies, dorsal area gray to brownish gray in color, getting darker with the age. Underparts are light grayish. Short whitish beard and sideburns present. The hairs of the crown form a distinct pointed tuft or crest, that meets at a central point, hence the name. Black eyebrows project outward. Head scarcely paler or not paler than back. Hands and feet are same color as limbs.
caption: Pregnant tufted grey langur at Chinnar wildlife sanctuary
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