Semnopithecus
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Semnopithecus dussumieri
Translingual
Etymology
New Latin, from Ancient Greek σεμνός (semnós, “revered, august, holy”) + Ancient Greek πίθηκος (píthēkos, “ape, monkey”).
Proper noun
Semnopithecus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Cercopithecidae – gray langurs.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Primates - order; Haplorrhini - suborder; Simiiformes - infraorder; Catarrhini - parvorder; Cercopithecoidea - superfamily; Cercopithecidae - family; Colobinae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): Semnopithecus entellus (northern plains gray langur) - type species; Semnopithecus ajax, Semnopithecus dussumieri, Semnopithecus hector, Semnopithecus hypoleucos, Semnopithecus priam, Semnopithecus schistaceus - other species
References
Semnopithecus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Semnopithecus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Semnopithecus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
