Up in the forests of northeastern India and Bhutan, you’ll find a rare monkey—the golden langur. With its bright golden fur and calm, shy nature, it’s one of the most unique monkeys out there.

The golden langur lives only in Bhutan and adjacent Assam. It probably evolved in geographic isolation on the western side of the Manas river. On the other side of the river is its close cousin ...

The Golden langur is a strikingly beautiful primate endemic to western Assam and southern Bhutan and found only between the Sankosh and Beki rivers in the eastern Himalayan landscape.