Found in southern India, this, like other gray langurs, is a leaf-eating monkey.

The black-footed gray langur was previously considered to be a subspecies of Semnopithecus entellus.

Currently S. dussumieri is considered a junior synonym of the black-footed gray langur.

This black-footed gray langur is distributed throughout south-western India (Goa, Karnataka and Kerala), but is centred on the Western Ghats.

Its total range is around 35,000 km2, with the species living inside and outside of protected areas.