Entellus

Entellus (Seinnopithecus entellus), a monkey highly venerated by the Hindoos. [Hanuman.] It is naturally confined to the right banks of the Ganges1 and Hooghly, but has been introduced elsewhere by the natives. It is of large size, with the tail longer than the body, ashy-grey above, dingy yellow below, the tints deepening with age. The dusky face has a fringe of white hairs. Like some other monkeys, it is reverenced as a possible host of ancestral souls, and on that account is allowed to commit depredations unchecked.