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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 ...
At 26.5 kg (58 lb), the heaviest langur ever recorded was a male Nepal gray langur. [5] The larger gray langurs are rivals for the largest species of monkey found in Asia. The average weight of gray langurs is 18 kg (40 lb) in the males and 11 kg (24 lb) in the females.
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)
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Images of area wildlife cover the feet. According to the Times of Israel , it’s been dated to the Greco-Roman period, which extended from 330 BCE to 670 CE. RELATED: Mummies found at burial site ...
Those were made owing to its significance for conservation of Asian elephants, gaur or Indian "bison" and golden langur, all of which have large populations in the area. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Raimona National Park was declared a national park on 5 June 2021 by the announcement of the Chief Minister of Assam on the occasion of World Environment Day ...