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| name = Kashmir gray langur<br />
| image =<br />
| status = EN<br />
| status_system = IUCN3.1<br />
| status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{Cite iucn |title=''Semnopithecus ajax'' |author=Groves, C. P. |author2=Molur, S. |name-list-style=amp |page=e.T39833A10274370 |date=2008 |access-date=26 April 2018}}</ref><br />
| genus = Semnopithecus<br />
| species = ajax<br />
| authority = [[Reginald Innes Pocock|Pocock]], 1928<ref name=msw3>{{MSW3 Groves |pages=174 |id=12100694}}</ref><br />
| range_map = Kashmir Gray Langur area.png<br />
| range_map_caption = Kashmir gray langur range<br />
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The '''Kashmir gray langur''' (''Semnopithecus ajax'') is an [[Old World monkey]], one of the [[langur]] species. It is a [[leaf-eating]] monkey.<ref name=msw3/><br />
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It has been reported from [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]] and [[Himachal Pradesh]] in northwestern [[India]] but evidence indicates it only occurs in the [[Chamba, Himachal Pradesh|Chamba Valley]] in Himachal Pradesh. Because of its restricted range, fragmented population and threats from human agriculture and development activities it is listed as [[endangered species|Endangered]] in the [[IUCN Red List]].<ref name=iucn/><br />
In Pakistan it occurs in [[Machiara National Park]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Minhas |first1=R. A. |last2=Ahmed |first2=K. B. |last3=Awan |first3=M. S. |last4=Dar |first4=N. I. |year=2010 |title=Social organization and reproductive biology of Himalayan grey langur (''Semnopithecus entellus ajax'') in Machiara National Park, Azad Kashmir (Pakistan) |journal=Pakistan Journal of Zoology |volume=42 |pages=143–156}}</ref><br />
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It was formerly considered a subspecies of ''[[Semnopithecus entellus]]'' and is one of several ''[[Semnopithecus]]'' species named after characters from ''[[The Iliad]]'', along with ''[[Semnopithecus hector]]'' and ''[[Semnopithecus priam]]''.<ref>{{MSW3 Groves | pages = 174–175 | id=12100693}}</ref><br />
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== Ecology and behaviour ==<br />
It is [[arboreal]] and [[Diurnality|diurnal]], and lives in [[Temperate forest|temperate]] and alpine [[forest]]s at elevations between {{convert|2200|and|4000|m|ft|abbr=on}}.<ref name=iucn/><br />
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The [[birth]]ing season for the Kashmir gray langur runs from January through June, although almost half of all infants are born in March. The infants are weaned at a higher age than most [[Asia]]n [[colobine]]s. While most Asian colobines wean their young within the first year, Kashmir gray langurs wean their young on average at 25 months. This is apparently due to nutritional constraints, since monkeys in poorer sites wean their young at an older age. The interbirth interval for females is about 2.4 years. [[Alloparental care]] occurs in Kashmir's gray langur for up to 5 months. Males are usually protective of infants, but [[Infanticide (zoology)|infanticide]] occasionally occurs.<ref name=perspective>{{cite book|title=Primates in Perspective |chapter=The Asian Colobines| author = R. Craig Kirkpatrick|editor1=C. J. Campbell |editor2=A. Fuentes |editor2-link=Agustin Fuentes |editor3=Katherine C. MacKinnon |editor4=Melissa Panger |editor5=Simon K. Bearder |year=2007|pages=191–193, 196|isbn=978-0-19-517133-4}}</ref><br />
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Although most Asian colobine groups comprise only a single adult male and multiple females, multimale groups are known to occur within ''Semnopithecus'' species. With Kashmir's Gray Langur, multimale groups may include as many as five adult males. Females initiate copulation by soliciting a male, but not all solicitations result in copulation.<ref name=perspective/><br />
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[[Category:Semnopithecus|Kashmir gray langur]]<br />
[[Category:Fauna of the Himalayas]]<br />
[[Category:Fauna of Jammu and Kashmir]]<br />
[[Category:Himachal Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:Mammals of India]]<br />
[[Category:Mammals of Pakistan]]<br />
[[Category:Endangered fauna of Asia]]<br />
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