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LANGUR , one of the two See also:Hindu names (the other being See also:hanuman) of the sacred See also:Indian See also:monkey scientifically known as Semnopithecus entellus, and hence sometimes called the entellus monkey. A prodigiously See also:long tail, beetling eyebrows with long See also:black hairs, black ears, See also:face, feet and hands, and a See also:general greyish-See also:- BROWN
- BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
- BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
- BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
- BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
- BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
- BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
- BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
- BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
- BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
- BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
- BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
- BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
- BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
- BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
- BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
- BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
- BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
- BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
- BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
- BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
- BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
- BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)
brown See also:colour of the See also:fur are the distinctive characteristics of the langur. These monkeys roam at will in the bazaars of Hindu cities, where they help themselves freely from the stores of the See also:grain-dealers, and they are kept in See also:numbers at the See also:great See also:temple in See also:Benares. In a zoological sense the See also:term is extended to embrace all the monkeys of the See also:Asiatic genus Semnopithecus, which includes a large number of See also:species, ranging from See also:Ceylon, See also:India and See also:Kashmir to See also:southern See also:China and the See also:Malay countries as far See also:east as See also:Borneo and See also:Sumatra. These monkeys are characterized by their lank bodies, long slender limbs and tail, well-See also:developed thumbs, See also:absence of cheek-pouches, and complex stomachs. They feed on leaves and See also:young shoots. (R.
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