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Arockianathan Samson, Vulture Conservation and Breeding Programme, Bombay Natural History Society (Mumbai, 400001, Maharashtra, India); iD ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0804-7941; e-mail: kingvulture1786@gmail.com
Kamaldeen A. Hakkeem, Wildlife Nature and Conservation Trust (Udhagamandalam, 643002, the Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, India).
Jabamalainathan L. Princy, Herpetology and Tribal Medicine Lab, Department of Zoology and Wildlife Biology, Government Arts College (Udhagamandalam, 643002, The Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, India); iD ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8884-9006.

Samson A., Hakkeem K.A., Princy J.L. 2021. First record on melanism in Semnopithecus priam from Tamil Nadu, India. Nature Conservation Research 6(1): 98–99. https://dx.doi.org/10.24189/ncr.2021.009

Semnopithecus priam is a Near Threatened species found in southern India and Sri Lanka. On 25 July 2020, a melanistic S. priam individual was observed in Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, India. This observation revealed that it is the first known case of melanism in Semnopithecus priam in India and its distributional range.

Cercopithecidae, mammal, Nilgiris, primate, Western Ghats

Received: 01.10.2020. Revised: 10.12.2020. Accepted: 12.12.2020.

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