Trachypithecus geei

(Khajuria in Gee, 1956)

Golden Langur

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Primates
Suborder : Haplorhini
Infraorder : Simiiformes
Parvorder : Catarrhini
Superfamily : Cercopithecoidea
Family : Cercopithecidae
Subfamily : Colobinae
Tribe : Presbytini
Genus : Trachypithecus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Gee, E.P. 1956-01-20. A new species of langur in Assam. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 53(2):252-254.

Original name as described

Presbytis geei

Other common names

Gee's Golden Langur · Golden Leaf Monkey

Type material

ZSI 12407

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

India, Assam, Goalpara district, Jamduar Forest Rest House, east bank of Sankosh River.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

India · Bhutan

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

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