Black-footed gray langur

The black-footed gray langur, Semnopithecus hypoleucos, is an Old World monkey and one of the langur species, a leaf-eating monkey like other gray langurs. It is distributed throughout south-western India, in Goa, Karnataka and Kerala, and is centred on the Western Ghats. Its total range is around 35,000 square kilometres, and it lives both inside and outside protected areas. It was previously considered a subspecies of Semnopithecus entellus; research in 2003 may indicate that it is a subspecies of Semnopithecus dussumieri, and some experts believe it may be a naturally occurring hybrid of Semnopithecus johnii and Semnopithecus dussumieri.