Northern plains gray langur

The northern plains gray langur (Semnopithecus entellus), also known as the sacred langur, Bengal sacred langur and Hanuman langur, is a primate of the family Cercopithecidae. Its range covers a large part of India south of the Himalayas, down to the Tapti and Krishna rivers, and its natural habitats are subtropical and tropical dry forest and dry shrubland. Body length without the tail runs from about 45 to 78 centimetres, and the tail is longer than the body. The species is diurnal and both terrestrial and arboreal. Because the Hindu religion regards the langur as sacred, it adapts to many habitats and is common in towns and cities, where some groups take a large share of their food from temples and from raiding crops. The IUCN lists it as least concern, although it faces road kills, dog attacks, forest fires and occasional hunting for food.