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Gee's golden langur (Trachypithecus geei), also known as simply the golden langur, is an Old World monkey found in a small region of Western Assam, India and the neighboring foothills of the Black Mountains of Bhutan.
The Cat Ba langur (Trachypithecus poliocephalus), also known as the golden-headed langur, is a critically endangered species of langur endemic to Cát Bà Island, Vietnam.It is among the rarest primates in the world, and possibly the rarest primate in Asia, with population size estimated at less than 70 individuals.
Lastly, the White-headed langur (T. leucocephalus), previously thought to be a subspecies of the Francois langur (T. Francois) or Cat Ba langur (T. poliocephalus), is currently recognized as a distinct species by IUCN Red List assessors and the American Society of Mammalogists, based on a 2007 paper by Groves.
Kakoijana reserved forest is located near Abhayapuri in Bongaigaon district of Assam. The forest is famous for golden langur. [1] The forest is 17.24 km 2. [2]The forest consist of around 60 endangered Golden langurs as well as scheduled I endangered species. [1]
Conservation drive for golden langur by Nature's Beckon. The sanctuary covers an area of 45.568 km 2 (4556.8 hectares). It is around 6 km from Kokrajhar town, 68 km from Dhubri town and 219 km from Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport, Guwahati.
This includes the vulnerable and rare species of Bengal slow loris, Assamese macaque, capped langur, golden langur and the only ape found in India — the hoolock gibbon. [8] Kaziranga had a population of around 30 Bengal tigers during the 1972 census, which grew to 86 in the 2000 census.
Wild elephant Spotted deer. Raimona National Park is home to slow loris, Assamese macaque, Rhesus monkey and golden langur. [5] It also harbours Chinese pangolin, dhole, Himalayan black bear, crab-eating mongoose, jungle cat, leopard cat, Asian golden cat, Bengal tiger, leopard, clouded leopard, Asian elephant, gaur, Himalayan serow, sambar, chital, hog deer, barking deer, Himalayan porcupine ...
Edward Pritchard Gee (1904–1968) was a Cambridge educated, Anglo-Indian [3] tea-planter and an amateur naturalist in Assam, India.He is credited with the 1953 discovery of Gee's golden langur.