Scientific name : Trachypithecus geei (Khajuria)
Order : Primates
Family : Cercopithecidae         

Status :                                                                    
IWPA - Schedule I. CITES - Appendix I. 
Red Data Book(India) - Vulnerable. Red Data Book(International) - Data Deficient.
IUCN - Critically Endangered (Nationally), Data Deficient(Globally).
U.S.ESA - Endangered.                 
Common names : English     - Golden Langur
                              Hindi        - Sunhala Langur
                              Bhutanese - Sugrib

Group : Langur

Measurements : Head and Body -
                                Male - 640 to 720 mm;
                                Female - 488 to 610 mm.
                             Tail -
                                Male - 780 to 940 mm;
                                Female - 710 to 805 mm.

Body weight : Male - 10 to 12 kg;
                        Female - 9.5 kg.

Head : Rich golden in colour but face  black  and without  any  hair. A   pale beard and long  forehead with  hairs  radiating  backwards  and sideways.

Hands and feet : Long, tips   flesh  coloured,  rest similar to that of back.

Tail : Very long; colour  similar  to  body. Slightly tasselled. 

Body : Coat soft,golden to creamy buff coloured, brighter  in   the  region  of  neck, shoulder  and hindquarter.

Range : India - Himalayan  foothills in Goalpara Kokrajhar  and  Dhubri districts of Assam.Introduced in Tripura.
Elsewhere - Bhutan.

Habitat : Dense tropical deciduous as well as evergreen forests of hills with Sal as dominant species.

Threats : Large   scale   logging;  Fragmented populations;    Hunting ;Influx    of refugees.

Similar species :  Trachypithecus pileatus of Assam and South-east Asia.

Indian Subspecies : No subspecies.