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Semnopithecus johnii, Print, The Nilgiri langur (Semnopithecus johnii) is a langur (a type of Old World monkey) found in the Nilgiri Hills of the Western Ghats in South India. Its range also includes Kodagu in Karnataka, Kodayar Hills in Tamil Nadu, and many other hilly areas in Kerala and Tamil Nadu. This primate has glossy black fur on its body and golden brown fur on its head. It is similar in size and long-tailed like the gray langurs. Females have a white patch of fur on the inner thigh. It typically lives in troops of nine to ten monkeys. Its diet consists of fruits, shoots and leaves. The species is classified as vulnerable due to habitat destruction and poaching for its fur and flesh, the latter believed to have aphrodisiac properties., 1749-1842.

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Semnopithecus johnii, Print, The Nilgiri langur (Semnopithecus johnii) is a langur (a type of Old World monkey) found in the Nilgiri Hills of the Western Ghats in South India. Its range also includes Kodagu in Karnataka, Kodayar Hills in Tamil Nadu, and many other hilly areas in Kerala and Tamil Nadu. This primate has glossy black fur on its body and golden brown fur on its head. It is similar in size and long-tailed like the gray langurs. Females have a white patch of fur on the inner thigh. It typically lives in troops of nine to ten monkeys. Its diet consists of fruits, shoots and leaves. The species is classified as vulnerable due to habitat destruction and poaching for its fur and flesh, the latter believed to have aphrodisiac properties., 1749-1842

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1749-1842 • ANATOMY: HEAD • APHRODISIAC PROPERTIES • BODY • CADAVER • CLASSIFIED • CORPS • CORPSE • DEAD BODY • DIET CONSISTS • FLESH • FRUITS • FUR • GLOSSY BLACK FUR • GOLDEN BROWN FUR • GRAY LANGURS • HABITAT DESTRUCTION • HEAD (ANATOMY) • HEAD (BODY) • HEAD • HILLY AREAS • INCLUDES KODAGU • INNER THIGH • KARNATAKA • KERALA • KODAYAR HILLS • LANGUR • LATTER BELIEVED • LEAVES • LIVES • LONG-TAILED • MUJER • NILGIRI HILLS • NILGIRI LANGUR • NINE • OLD WORLD MONKEY • POACHING • PRIMATE • PRIMATES • PRINT • RANGE • SEMNOPITHECUS JOHNII • SHOOTS • SIZE • SOLDIER • SOUTH INDIA • SPECIES • TAMIL NADU • TEN MONKEYS • TROOPS • TYPE • VULNERABLE DUE • WESTERN GHATS • WHITE PATCH • WOMAN'S • WOMAN • WOMEN'S • WOMEN • WOMENS