langur

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At the Thekkady National Park you may spot the wild elephants, leopard, wild dog, barking deer, mouse deer, Nilgiri langur (a primate), bonnet macaque, sambhar, porcupines, squirrels, gaur (Indian bison), wild boar and sloth bear besides the tigers and the Nilgiri tahrs.

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  1. noun Any of various slender, long-tailed Asian monkeys of the genus Presbytis and related genera that eat leaves, fruits, and seeds and have a chin tuft and bushy eyebrows.

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  • At birth, Fusui had apricot-colored fur, but as this François 'langur matures, his fur is becoming black like that of his parents, Pumpkin and Cartman.
  • At the Thekkady National Park you may spot the wild elephants, leopard, wild dog, barking deer, mouse deer, Nilgiri langur (a primate), bonnet macaque, sambhar, porcupines, squirrels, gaur (Indian bison), wild boar and sloth bear besides the tigers and the Nilgiri tahrs. —  MyLinkVault Newest Links
  • It is home to predators like tiger, leopard and diverse species of cats, wild dogs; antelopes like neelgai and ghorals; variety of deer - hog deer, barking deer, chital and sambhar; the primates - rhesus and langur; elephant, wild bores and other animals. —  TravelPod.com Recent Updates
  • (03 / 26 / 2007) A three month old ebony langur (born on Nov 25, 2006) is starting to explore its Asian rain forest habitat at the Bronx Zoo's JungleWorld in New York. —  Mongabay.com News
  • Dr Anwar thought it would be a good place to keep the baby langur until it is fit enough to be reintroduced in the forest. —  The Daily Star
 

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  1. Hindi laṅgūr, perhaps from Sanskrit lāṅgūlam, tail.

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  1. Hind, laṅgūr, from Sanskrit go-lāngūla, a kind of monkey.
 

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