langur

noun

lan·gur läŋ-ˈgu̇r

: any of several slender long-tailed Asian monkeys (subfamily Colobinae)

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Leopards are notoriously elusive, but this is the single best place to try and see one, as well as sloth bears, water buffalo, mugger crocodiles, and gray langurs. —

Niall Causer, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2024 For a while, Sarah Blaffer Hrdy, a professor emerita of anthropology at the University of California, Davis, hewed to the belief that males were simply wired differently; one of her initial forays into academic research explored the penchant for infanticide among male langur monkeys. —

Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 16 June 2024 And there are many other animals to see at any time, including langur monkeys, nilgai antelope, wild boar, and sambar deer. —

The Week Uk, theweek, 5 May 2024 François’ langur monkeys are native to southwestern China and northeastern Vietnam, the zoo said. —

Don Sweeney, Sacramento Bee, 22 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for langur