Trachypithecus (Kasi) vetulus (Erxleben 1777)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Primates, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 111-184 : 178

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7316519

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11339250

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scientific name

Trachypithecus (Kasi) vetulus (Erxleben 1777)
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Trachypithecus (Kasi) vetulus (Erxleben 1777) View in CoL

Cercopithecus vetulus Erxleben 1777 View in CoL , Systema Regni Animalis: 24.

Type Locality: Sri Lanka, Hill country of South.

Vernacular Names: Purple-faced Langur.

Synonyms: Trachypithecus (Kasi) albinus (Kelaart 1851) ; Trachypithecus (Kasi) senex ( Erxleben 1777) .

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Trachypithecus (Kasi) vetulus subsp. vetulus Erxleben 1777

Subspecies Trachypithecus (Kasi) vetulus subsp. monticola Kelaart 1850

Subspecies Trachypithecus (Kasi) vetulus subsp. nestor Bennett 1833

Subspecies Trachypithecus (Kasi) vetulus subsp. philbricki Phillips 1927

Distribution: Sri Lanka.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix II; U.S. ESA – Threatened as Presbytis senex ; IUCN – Endangered as T. v. vetulus , T. v. monticola , T. v. nestor , and T. v. philbricki .

Discussion: T. vetulus species group. Type of subgenus Kasi ; see Szalay and Delson (1979:402). On the use of vetulus , instead of the previously more commonly used senex , for the species, see Napier (1985:72).

ESA

Universidade de São Paulo

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Primates

Family

Cercopithecidae

Genus

Trachypithecus

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Trachypithecus (Kasi) vetulus (Erxleben 1777)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

Cercopithecus vetulus

Erxleben 1777: 24
1777
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