Gee's golden langur

Gee's golden langur, Trachypithecus geei, also known simply as 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. Long considered sacred by many Himalayan people, it was brought to the attention of the Western world by the naturalist Edward Pritchard Gee in the 1950s. Adult males have a cream to golden coat with darker flanks, females and juveniles are lighter, and the coat changes seasonally from white or cream in summer to dark golden or chestnut in winter. It has a black face and a tail up to 100 cm long, and males average 10.8 kg and females 9.5 kg. It lives in high trees and eats fruits, leaves, seeds, buds and flowers in groups of about eight. India held about 6,000 in 2008 to 2009 and 7,396 by 2020 to 2021, and it remains one of the most endangered primates of India and Bhutan.