Trachypithecus geei | Status of South Asian Primates: Conservation Assessment and Management Plan (C.A.M.P.) Wokshop Report
Location
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Off
Scope (Assessment)
National
Taxon
Common Names
Assamese: Sonali bandar; Bengali: Sonali-bandar; Bodo: Mokre gophur; Hindi: Sunheara bandar; Nepali: Sunaulo bandar
Sugrib; English: Gee's Golden Langur
Golden Leaf Monkey
Taxonomic Group
Vertebrates
Taxonomic Group Level 2
Mammals
Taxon distribution as listed in assessment
Bhutan, India; For detailed distributional information within South Asia, see Molur et al. 2003
Habitats and Ecology
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.
Is there a map available in assessment?
Yes; See Molur et al. 2003
Assessed status
Asessment status in full
Critically Endangered (Uplisted from Endangered)
Assessment status abreviation
CR°
Assessment status criteria
B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v) C1+2a
Assessment rationale/justification
The loss to habitat in India is at an alarming rate and there has been a decrease in habitat for this species by more than 50% in the last 30 years. The southern locations within India are severely fragmented from the northern Manas population, making the isolated fragments vulnerable to extinction. Hence the status in India is upgraded to Critically Endangered.
About the assessment
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.
Affliation of assessor(s)/contributors/reviewers listed on assessment
Assessor affiliation specific
NGO
Criteria system
Criteria system specifics
IUCN v3.1
Criteria system used
IUCN
Criteria Citation
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
http://www.nationalredlist.org/files/2012/08/Status-of-South-Asian-Primates-20031.pdf
Supplementary Links
Zoo Outreach Organisation; Threatened Taxa Monitoring System; South Asian Bat Monitoring Programme
Endemism
Endemic to region
Not assigned
Endemism Notes
Is an endemic?: Not_assigned
Conservation
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
Conservation Measures
Conservation measures: Species is present in the following protected area(s): Assam: Chakrasila WLS, Manas NP
Further information
Redlist Notes
This national-level assessment was based on information specific to the country, however some of the summary information listed above was taken from the broader regional-level assessments. Local variation in habitat, threats, and conservation measures may occur.
