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Gee's golden langur is found in an area of approximately 30,000 square kilometres (12,000 sq mi), much of which is unsuitable habitat, [21] bounded on the south by the Brahmaputra River, on the east by the Manas River, on the west by the Sankosh River, in Assam, India, and on the north by the Black Mountains of Bhutan. [22]
Gee's golden langur named for E.P. Gee. Like his contemporaries, Salim Ali and M. Krishnan, Gee was a non-official member of the Indian Board for Wildlife, the apex body that advises the Union Government on wildlife matters. Gee argued in favour of separate wildlife wardens within the Forest Department, who have specific powers in relation to ...
A total of 119 species of birds have been recorded in the Chakrashila Wildlife Sanctuary. This number includes three globally threatened species. [8] Some of the species recorded here include black francolin (Francolinus francolinus), jungle bush quail (Perdicula asiatica), lesser whistling duck, cinnamon bittern, Indian pond heron, cattle egret, purple heron, red-necked falcon, red-headed ...
The various species of langurs include purple-faced langur, the Nilgiri langur, the Gee's golden langur and capped langur. There is also the Phayre's leaf monkey. The suids in India are Indian boar and the critically endangered pygmy hog. There are lagomorphs like the critically endangered hispid hare, the woolly hare and the black-naped hare.
Black-footed grey langur (Semnopithecus hypoleucos) Blyth, 1841; Tufted grey langur (Semnopithecus priam) Blyth, 1844; Capped langur (Trachypithecus pileatus) (Blyth, 1843) Phayre's leaf monkey (Trachypithecus phayrei) (Blyth, 1847) Nilgiri langur (Trachypithecus johnii) (J. Fischer, 1829) Gee's golden langur (Trachypithecus geei) (Khajuria, 1956)
The birds’ arrival had birdwatchers flocking to the county from near and far, and their continued presence in the area is still causing a scene a decade later. The farthest north the popular pet ...
The major birds in Assam include the blue-throated barbet or hetuluka (Megalaima asiatica), white-winged wood duck or deuhnah (Asarcornis scultulata), Pallas's fish eagle or kuruwa (Haliaeetus leucoryphus), great pied hornbill or rajdhonesh (Buceros bicornis homrai), Himalayan golden-backed three-toed wood-pecker or barhoituka (Dinopium shorii ...
The forest consist of around 60 endangered Golden langurs as well as scheduled I endangered species. [1] People and non-governmental organisations are pressing hard to convert it into an wildlife sanctuary. [1] [3] Golden langurs are listed in the category of "rare species" in the Red Data Book of International Union for Conservation of Nature. [4]