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Gee's Golden Langur (Trachypithecus geei), or simply the Golden Langur, is an Old World monkey found in a small region of western Assam, India and in the neighboring foothills of the Black Mountains of Bhutan.[2] In 1988, two captive groups of Golden Langurs were released into two protected areas of the western region of the state of Tripura, India. As of 2000, one of these groups, consisting of six (and possibly eight) individuals in the Sepahijala Wildlife Sanctuary, had survived.[3] The Golden Langur is one of the most endangered primate species of South Asia;[2] it was first brought to the attention of taxonomists by the naturalist E. P. Gee in the 1950s.[4]
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Species group: | T. pileatus |
Species: | T. geei |
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Trachypithecus geei (Khajuria, 1956) | |
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Presbytis geei |
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