Trachypithecus geei

(Khajuria in Gee, 1956)

Golden Langur

Also as Gee's Golden Langur, Golden Leaf Monkey.
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Location:India, Assam, Bongaigaon district, Kakoijana reserved forestDate taken:1 February 2020Description:Also as Gee's Golden Langur, Golden Leaf Monkey.

Distribution :

Between Sankosh and Manas Rivers, Indo-Bhutan border (on both sides).

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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.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48180670 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48180672

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

Bhutan · India

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000703

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 4 names and synonyms.

Presbytis geei

Khajuria in Gee, 1956

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

geei

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZSI 12407

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

While staying at the Jamduar Forest Rest House on the Sankosh, near the Bhutan border

Type locality

India: Assam.

Authority page

252, 254

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48180670 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48180672

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

Khajuria (1956:86) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20447)
Corbet & Hill (1980:90) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:239) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:100) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)

Trachypithecus geei:

Groves, 1993

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

geei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

273

Authority publication

Washington

Name usages

Groves (1993:273) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69008)
Brandon-Jones, Eudey, Geissmann, Groves, Melnick, Morales, Shekelle & Stewart (2004:139) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5237)
Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
Karanth, Singh, Collura & Stewart (2008:683) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4791)
Wangchuk, Inouye & Hare (2008:568) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4844)
Osterholz, Walter & Roos (2008:7) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4913)
Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:741) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
Roos, Boonratana, Supriatna, Fellowes, Groves, Nash, Rylands & Mittermeier (2014:12) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20030)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #22037) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #22037) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Roos, Helgen, Portela Miguez, Naw May Lay Thant, Ngwe Lwin, Aung Ko Lin, Aung Lin, Khin Mar Yi, Paing Soe, Zin Mar Hein, Margaret Nyein Nyein Myint, Ahmed, Chetry, Urh, Veatch, Duncan, Kamminga, Chua, Yao, Matauschek, Meyer, Liu, Li, Nadler, Fan, Quyet, Hofreiter, Zinner & Momberg (2020:657) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/50580)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000703) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22037/17960997) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Trachypithecus geei bhutanensis

T. Wangchuk, Inouye, & Hare, 2003

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

bhutanensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notypespecified

Type

BNHC.1999.02

Type kind

syntypes

Original type locality

near Dakpai in Zhemgang

Type locality

Bhutan.

Authority page

108

Authority publication

Folia Primatologica

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Trachypithecus geei geei:

Groves, 2005

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

geei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

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