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title: "Malabar Sacred Langur"
description: "Semnopithecus hypoleucos — Mammals. The black-footed gray langur (Semnopithecus hypoleucos) is an Old World monkey, one of the species of langurs."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/malabar-sacred-langur
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Malabar Sacred Langur

> Semnopithecus hypoleucos — Mammals. The black-footed gray langur (Semnopithecus hypoleucos) is an Old World monkey, one of the species of langurs.

- Scientific name: *Semnopithecus hypoleucos*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammals)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest)
- iNaturalist observations: 1084
- Wikidata: [Q980085](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q980085)
- iNaturalist taxon: [1071035](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1071035)

## Names

- en: Malabar Sacred Langur
- de: Schwarzfüßiger Hanumanlangur
- es: Langur gris de pies negros
- fr: Entelle aux pieds noirs
- nl: Zwartvoethoelman

## Countries with the most observations

IN (718)

## Summary

The black-footed gray langur (Semnopithecus hypoleucos) is an Old World monkey, one of the species of langurs. Found in southern India, this, like other gray langurs, is a leaf-eating monkey.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-footed_gray_langur

## Photo

![Malabar Sacred Langur](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/malabar-sacred-langur/medium.jpg)

Photo: Светлана Царахова · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/200272120

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/malabar-sacred-langur?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).