Plural of Hanuman; either references to the Hindu deity Hanuman, or the Hanuman langur, a large gray monkey of South Asia.
From Sanskrit Hanumān, the name of a divine monkey-figure in Hindu mythology, derived from Sanskrit 'hanu' meaning 'jaw.' The animal name comes from the association with the deity.
Hanuman langurs are named after the god because they were revered in Hindu culture, and naming animals after deities shows how religion and zoology intertwined in how humans understood their natural world.
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