Golden Langur Golden langur, is an Old World monkey found in a small region of western Assam, India and in the neighbouring foothills of the
Black Mountains of Bhutan. The regions of its distribution are very small; the main region is limited to an area bounded on the south by the
Brahmaputra River, on the east by the
Manas River, on the west by the
Sankosh River, all in Assam, India, and on the north by the Black Mountains of Bhutan in a small portion of the northwestern part of Tripura state.
For the most part, the langur is
confined to high trees where its long tail serves as a balancer when it leaps across branches.
During the rainy season it obtains water from dew and rain drenched leaves. Its diet is herbivorous, consisting of ripe and unripe fruits, mature and
young leaves, seeds, buds and flowers.
The species is listed in
Appendix I of CITES & in Schedule I of both, the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 of India, and the Forest and Nature Conservation Act of Bhutan 1995.
