(1) While the safety of the available live plague vaccine EV 76 (Paris) continues to be the subject of further study, the USP formol-killed, virulent Pasteurella pestis (Yersinia pestis) suspension capable of protecting 60% of non-human primates, particularly Hanuman langurs (Presbytis entellus), warrants further clinical tests and field trials.
(2) Female-female mounting was studied for 3233 hr in a bisexual one-male troop of free-ranging Hanuman langurs in northwestern India over a period of 6 years.
(3) of cadmium chloride neutralizes endogenous hormonal activity in th male Indian Hanuman langur (Presbytis entellus entellus), resulting in a marked decrease in the production of androgens and subsequent reduction in the weights of sex accessory glands.
(4) The effects of the administration of ICRC antileprosy vaccine on skin reactions and lymphocyte transformation tests (LTT) to antigens of Mycobacterium leprae have been investigated in Hanuman langur monkeys (Presbytis entellus) which live native to north India.
(5) Hindus have Hanuman, the monkey god who carried an entire mountain covered with the sanjivini herb to save the life of Lakshmana.
(6) The meeting last week in Delhi, the capital, was organised to celebrate the birthday of Hanuman, the monkey god.
(7) A focal troop of free-ranging Hanuman langurs (Presbytis entellus) living in an open scrub forest around Jodhpur was observed mobbing poisonous snakes on two different occasions during field observations of about 4,109 h. These observations of snake-mobbing demonstrate that langurs exhibit a special behaviour against 'potentially dangerous animals' which is similar to the mobbing displays of birds, and of other primates.
(8) Analysis of data on age and reproductive performance in 16 captive female Hanuman langurs (Presbytis entellus) shows that adult females under the age of 6 years and over the age of 19 years had the lowest rates of reproductive success as measured by the production of viable young that survived beyond 30 days of age.