Taxon name
Trachypithecus geei
(Ali and Santapau, 1956)
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National Red List Database
Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Trachypithecus geei
(Ali and Santapau, 1956)
Common name(s)
Assamese: Sonali bandar; Bengali: Sonali-bandar; Bodo: Mokre gophur; Hindi: Sunheara bandar; Nepali: Sunaulo bandar, Sugrib; English: Gee's Golden Langur, Golden Leaf Monkey
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Vertebrates
Mammals
Species authority
(Ali and Santapau, 1956)
Location and scope
Specific locality or subnational name or regional name
South Asia
Scope (of the Assessment)
Regional (multi-national)
Countries included within the scope of the assessment
Nepal
India
Pakistan
Myanmar
Viet Nam
Thailand
Indonesia
Philippines (the)
Singapore
Country ISO code(s)
NPL
IND
PAK
MMR
VNM
THA
IDN
PHL
SGP
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Not_assigned
Conservation Status
Qualifying criteria (if given)
B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v) C1+2a
Criteria system used
IUCN
(see Assessment details)
Assessment rationale/justification
Fairly wide range but restricted area for this golden langur with 32 locations and 7 subpopulations severely fragmented. Severe threats from humans is causing continuing decline in area, extent and quality of habitat. Hunting and encroachments have resulted in decreasing mature individuals and locations or subpopulations, which make the taxon Endangered due to restricted area and low population numbers that are continuously declining.
Assessment details
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
Molur, S., D. Brandon-Jones, W. Dittus, A. Eudey, A. Kumar, M. Singh, M.M. Feeroz, M. Chalise, P. Priya and S. Walker (Eds.) (2003). Status of South Asian Primates: Conservation Assessment and Management Plan (C.A.M.P.) Wokshop Report, 2003. Zoo Outreach Organisation, CBSG-South Asia, Coimbatore, viii+432pp.
Criteria system used
IUCN
Reference for methods given
IUCN (2001) IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria: version 3.1. IUCN Species Survival Commission. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. ii+30pp
URL (link) of redlist assessment or publication
South Asian Primates.pdf
Further information
Endemism (according to assessment)
Endemic to region
Not assigned
Taxon distribution as listed in assessment
Bhutan, India; For detailed distributional information within South Asia, see Molur et al. 2003
Is there a map available in assessment?
Yes; See Molur et al. 2003
Habitat and systems
Ecological system type
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
Tropical evergreen, moist deciduous and sal-dominated forest, deciduous broad-leaf, semi-evergreen, evergreen broad-leaved forests and fields.
Threats and conservation measures listed
Threats listed in assessment
Crop plantations, grazing, harvesting non-woody vegetation for firewood and charcoal production, selective logging, timber collection, human settlement, deforestation, fragmentation, trade, killed by domestic dogs, habitat loss, high juvenile mortality, inbreeding
Publication
Molur, S., D. Brandon-Jones, W. Dittus, A. Eudey, A. Kumar, M. Singh, M.M. Feeroz, M. Chalise, P. Priya and S. Walker, editors. 2003. Status of South Asian Primates: Conservation Assessment and Management Plan (C.A.M.P.) Wokshop Report. Zoo Outreach Organisation, CBSG-South Asia, Coimbatore, viii+432pp.
