Semnopithecus vetulus - #2396
Purple-faced Langur
Semnopithecus vetulus vetulus, Southern Lowland Wet Zone Purple-faced Langur. Also as Purple-faced Leaf Monkey|Purple-faced Monkey|Bear Monkey. Formerly as Trachypithecus vetulus. Identified by KP Karanth.
Geographic Distribution
Sri Lanka
Order/Family
Cercopithecidae
Genus
Semnopithecus
Specific Epithet
vetulus
Image Location
Sri Lanka, Southern Province
Image Date
13 October 2011
Photographer
MA De Silva (contributed by LE Harding)