wanderoo

[ won-duh-roo ]

/ ˌwɒn dəˈru /

any of several purple-faced langurs, of Sri Lanka.

a macaque, Macacus silenus, of southern India, having its face surrounded by long hair.

Origin of wanderoo

1675–85; < Sinhalese wanduru (plural) < Sanskrit vānara monkey

Another reason for conjecturing that the Wanderoo would have been one of the animals sent to grace the palace of Solomon is this.

Bible Animals; |J. G. Wood
And, in point of fact, in the island there are no less than four animals, each of which is entitled to the name of "wanderoo."

Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 (of 2) |James Emerson Tennent
The low country Wanderoo is replaced in the hills by the larger species, P. ursinus, which inhabits the mountain zone.

Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon |J. Emerson Tennent
The Wanderoo is too grave and melancholy to be trained to these drolleries.

Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon |J. Emerson Tennent

The docility of the Wanderoo often vanishes together with its youth.

Bible Animals; |J. G. Wood

wanderoo

/ (ˌwɒndəˈruː) /

a macaque monkey, Macaca silenus, of India and Sri Lanka, having black fur with a ruff of long greyish fur on each side of the face

C17: from Sinhalese vanduru monkeys, literally: forest-dwellers, from Sanskrit vānara monkey, from vana forest