Nepal Grey Langur

The Nepal gray langur is a large Himalayan langur with smooth dark-grey fur on the back and limbs, a creamy-white underside and bare black skin on the face, hands and feet. Males measure about 69cm from head to body and average 18kg, while females average 16kg; an exceptional male weighing 26.5kg is the heaviest langur recorded. Its exceptionally long tail aids balance, and northern gray-langur populations characteristically carry the tail curved forward. (New England Primate Conservancy)

The species ranges through Nepal, northern India, Bhutan and far southwestern Tibet, with other reported portions of its distribution less certain. It uses evergreen and broadleaf forest, shrubland and rocky mountain terrain between approximately 1,500 and 4,000m, and can also occur around settlements. Active by day, it travels both in trees and on the ground and lives in social troops. Leaves and evergreen needles are staple foods, supplemented by fruit, roots, seeds, bamboo, mosses, lichens and invertebrates. (New England Primate Conservancy)