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title: "Gee's Golden Lutung"
description: "Trachypithecus geei — Mammals. 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."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/gee-s-golden-lutung
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Gee's Golden Lutung

> Trachypithecus geei — Mammals. 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.

- Scientific name: *Trachypithecus geei*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammals)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest)
- iNaturalist observations: 274
- Wikidata: [Q284104](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q284104)
- iNaturalist taxon: [43495](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/43495)

## Names

- en: Gee's Golden Lutung
- de: Goldlangur
- es: Langur Dorado
- fr: Semnopithèque de Gee
- nl: Gouden langoer

## Countries with the most observations

BT (162), IN (91)

## Summary

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…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gee%27s_golden_langur

## Photo

![Gee's Golden Lutung](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/gee-s-golden-lutung/medium.jpg)

Photo: Simon Tonge · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9421130

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/gee-s-golden-lutung?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).