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This monkey is often called the Hanuman langur, named after the Hindu monkey god in the Indian epic, The Ramayana.

Like their African relatives, the colobus monkeys, langurs are predominantly leaf eating monkeys. However, they also eat a wide variety of other foods that allow them to survive near human habitation in places such as the Polonnaruwa Reserve, where they are frequently associated with troops of toque macaques.

The Hanuman langurs are diurnal, and they spend about half of their time on the ground. This makes them very easy to observe.