NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Gee's Golden Langur
Trachypithecus geei Khajuria, 1956
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Gee's golden langur (Trachypithecus geei), also known as simply 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, the golden langur was first 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 while the females and juveniles are lighter. The golden langur has a black face and a long tail up to 100 cm (39 in) in length. It lives in high trees and has a herbivorous diet of fruits, leaves, seeds, buds, and flowers. The average group size is eight individuals, with a ratio of several females to each adult male. It is one of the most endangered primate species of India and Bhutan.
In 2008–09, there were 6,000 golden langurs in India, which has grown to 7,396 by 2020–21.
Wikipedia contributors, Gee's golden langur; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T08:16:31.105712+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Trachypithecus geei Khajuria, 1956
- Name authority
- Khajuria, 1956
- Common name
- Gee's Golden Langur
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Primates
- Family
- Cercopithecidae
- Genus
- Trachypithecus
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classMammalia Linnaeus, 1758
- subclassTheria Parker & Haswell, 1897
- infraclassEutheria Gill, 1872
- orderPrimates Linnaeus, 1758
- suborderHaplorrhini Pocock, 1918
- infraorderSimiiformes Haeckel, 1866
- superfamilyCercopithecoidea Gray, 1821
- familyCercopithecidae Gray, 1821
- subfamilyColobinae Jerdon, 1867
- tribePresbytini Gray, 1825
- genusTrachypithecus Reichenbach, 1862
- speciesTrachypithecus geei Khajuria, 1956
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Trachypithecus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Indochinese Gray LangurTrachypithecus crepusculus (Elliot, 1909) | CercopithecidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Delacour's LangurTrachypithecus delacouri (Osgood, 1932) | CercopithecidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Laos LangurTrachypithecus laotum (Thomas, 1921) | CercopithecidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Annamese LangurTrachypithecus margarita (Elliot, 1909) | CercopithecidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Phayre's LangurTrachypithecus phayrei (Blyth, 1847) | CercopithecidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Selangor Silvery LangurTrachypithecus selangorensis Roos, Nadler & Walter, 2008 | CercopithecidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hatinh LangurTrachypithecus hatinhensis (Dao, 1970) | CercopithecidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| East Javan LangurTrachypithecus auratus (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812) | CercopithecidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tenasserim LangurTrachypithecus barbei (Blyth, 1847) | CercopithecidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Silvered LangurTrachypithecus cristatus (Raffles, 1821) | CercopithecidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Francois' LangurTrachypithecus francoisi (de Pousargues, 1898) | CercopithecidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Germain's LangurTrachypithecus germaini (A. Milne-Edwards, 1877) | CercopithecidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Trachypithecus geei bhutanensis Wangchuk, Inouye & Hare, 2003 Wangchuk, Inouye & Hare, 2003 | synonym |
| Trachypithecus geei geei Khajuria, 1956 Khajuria, 1956 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=573063 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:57SDC. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.