_Simia johnii_, Fischer, Syn. Mamm., i., p. 25 (1829).
_Semnopithecus cucullatus_, Is. Geoffr. in Bélang. Voy. Zool., pp. 38,
72, pl. i. (1834); Wagner in Schreber Säugeth. Suppl., i., p. 98 (1846);
Gray, Cat. Monkeys Brit. Mus., p. 14 (1870).
_Semnopithecus johnii_, Waterh., Cat. Mamm. Mus. Zool. Soc., p. 5 (1838);
Anderson, Res. Zool. Exped. Yun-nan, p. 21 (1878; with synonymy);
Blanford, Fauna Brit. Ind., Mamm., p. 33 (1891); Schl., Mus. Pays-Bas,
vii., p. 50 (1876).
_Semnopithecus jubatus_, Wagner in Schreb. Säugeth. Suppl., i., p. 305
(1840); Horsf., Cat. Mamm. E. Ind. Co. Mus., p. 14 (1851).
_Semnopithecus cephalopterus_, Blyth, J. A. S. Beng., xiii., p. 469
(1844; in part).
_Presbytis johnii_, Blyth, J. A. S. Beng., xvi., pp. 734, 1272 (1847).
_Presbytis cucullatus_, Blyth, J. A. S. Beng., xxviii., p. 283 (1859);
id., Cat. Mamm. As. Soc. Mus., p. 14 (1863).
_Presbytis jubatus_, Jerd., Mamm. India, p. 7 (1867).
{112}CHARACTERS.--Hair long and glossy, entirely black or brownish-black;
hairs of crown and sides of head very long, not radiating, yellowish-brown;
lower back and root of tail grey. Length of body, 26 inches; of tail, 30
inches; a very large individual measured, body, 29 inches; tail, 37.
(_Hornaday._)
Nearly allied to the next species (_S. cephalopterus_) of Ceylon, and _S.
obscurus_, which inhabits the eastern side of the Bay of Bengal.