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| name = Gray langur<ref name=msw3>{{MSW3 Groves|pages=174–175|id=12100693}}</ref><br />( or Hanuman Langur<ref name=menon>{{cite book|title = Indian Mammals, |author = Vivek Menon | display-authors = etal
|publisher = Dorling Kindersley|year = 2003}}from the entry on Hanuman Langur, p.37: "There are several races of Hanuman langur, differing in colour and size. Scientists are currently debating whether this langur is a single species with several sub-species, or whether these are different species."</ref>)
| image =MNP Grey Langeurs family.JPG
| status = LC
| trend = down
| status_system = iucn3.1
| image_caption = Gray langur family at Mudumalai National Park
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| classis = [[Mammal]]ia
| ordo = [[Primate]]s
| familia = [[Cercopithecidae]]
| subfamilia = [[Colobinae]]
| genus = '''''Semnopithecus'''''
| genus_authority = [[Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest|Desmarest]], 1822
| range_map = LangurMap.svg
| range_map_caption= Rough distributions of the species
}}
The '''Gray langur''' or '''Hanuman langur''' ('''''Semnopithecus''''') is a [[genus]] of [[colobine]] [[monkey]]. They are found in [[southeast Asia]]. The word "langur" means 'having a long tail'. It is commonly called the '''leaf monkey'''. They usually live in small groups of between 2 and 10 individuals. They mainly eat [[leaf|leaves]], as well as some [[fruit]]. Langur spend most of their time in [[tree]]s. They have [[white]] [[fur]] and [[black]] [[face]]s. They are considered sacred animals therefore the "National social mammal of India".

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