4/5/2023 0 Comments Gee golden langur![]() ![]() With my Sony A7iii and Sony FE 200-600mm f5.6-6.3 lens I captured the portrait of the langur. I visited the small village under the foothills of Kakoijana Mountain to catch a glimpse of the beautiful creature which is in the verge of declining numbers. ![]() Due to the unique human animal acceptance shown by the locals of western Assam, India, a mere 7000 individuals are still breathing in world. During morning hours large groups of Golden Langurs invades the agriculture of the village for food and the locals appreciate it. It is one of the most endangered primate species of India and Bhutan. The average group size is eight individuals, with a ratio of several females to each adult male. It lives in high trees and has a herbivorous diet of ripe and unripe fruits, mature and young leaves, seeds, buds and flowers. This year’s census could not be completed due to the COVID-19 lockdown.The Golden Langur or Sonali Bandar, as called by the natives of a small village in western Assam, India and foothills of Black mountains of Bhutan is an endangered species of old world monkeys. The recorded estimation in Assam in 2009 was 5,140. In 2019, Bhutan recorded a drop of 62% in the population of golden langurs over the 2009 census. But fragmentation of forests and selective logging is making their food scarcer,” Mr. “They survive mostly on a variety of juicy leaves. This gap can increase to three years depending on habitat conditions, which is a cause of concern for primatologists. Golden langur females maintain a gap of at least two years between babies. “A dominant male knows he can access females for three years at most and wants to control the females to ensure as many of his progeny before being ousted to be solitary or create space in an all-male group,” Mr. He often kills the baby of a lactating female or hits the abdomen of a female impregnated by the deposed male till the point of abortion. But in such groups of two or more males, only the dominant male can access the female,” he said.įorced abortion and infanticide happen when a new male takes over. “A bisexual group can have one male with a harem of four-five females, two males with multiple females and multiple males with multiple females. The groups are primarily of two types - one is all-male and the other is bisexual, which in turn has three categories. Genetic insuranceĪvoiding inbreeding is the reason why golden langurs live in specific groups, Mr. This is not a serious issue now, but could explode into a major problem later,” he said. “This is happening in the highly fragmented Kakoijana forest. Obstructions such as wires, and gaps in the forest due to felling, have increased the threat of inbreeding among golden langurs. Electrocution has also killed the monkeys in groups,” said Jihusuo Biswas of Guwahati’s Primate Research Centre. “Unlike the Hanuman langurs elsewhere, golden langurs are yet to adapt to the wires, and they use the upper canopy of trees to travel because of fear of dogs on the ground. Many villages on the fringes of notified jungles and settlements in encroached areas have been beneficiaries. Primatologists say their habitat in Assam has fragmented drastically in the last 30 years but electric wires began to be strung through them, mostly after a thrust on rural electrification six years ago. Their northern limit is the range of hills in Bhutan up to 2,400 metres above sea level. The golden langurs in Assam are hemmed in by three rivers - Brahmaputra in the south, Manas in east and Sonkosh in west. She died within 24 hours of delivering a still baby due to the impact. The female had fallen about 15 feet after the wire burnt her limbs and chest. “Golden langurs use the upper canopy of trees to travel but the three-phase electric wire came in the female’s way,” said Daoharu Boro, a wildlife veterinarian. Discover topics like awesome, monkey, animals, and the magic of the internet at Imgur, a community powered entertainment destination. Largely encroached upon, Nayekgaon is one of 11 fragmented habitats of the golden langur, excluding the 500 sq. Primatologists have observed that the Gee’s golden langur (Trachypithecus geei), endemic to the semi-evergreen and mixed-deciduous forests straddling India and Bhutan, induce stillbirth of babies killed inside the womb of females, besides practising infanticide.įoeticide in the natural world is, however, quite different from one of the first cases of abortion due to electrocution of a female in Nayekgaon near Kokrajhar, about 225 km west of Guwahati, on June 5, which happened to be World Environment Day. An endangered species of monkey, found only in Assam and parts of Bhutan, has a far-from-golden trait - forced abortion. Golden Langur is one of the worlds most endangered species found only in a few pockets in western Assam and adjoining Bhutan. ![]()
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