Abstract: The population activities of golden monkeys ( Rhinopithecus roxellana) in the Xiaoshennongjia of Badong county , Hubei Province had been surveyed by consecutively tracing and grossly counting from Oct. 2000 to June 2002. The result indicated the amount of the golden monkey that inhabit in here about 600 - 800 individuals. They moved clockwise in a circular track. 236 golden monkeys of 2 groups had recorded by video camera during survey in Apr. 2001 , among them there were 59.05 % adult and 40.95 % of underage , the rate was 1∶0.9 , the sex ratio of adult was 1∶1.38 (male : female) . 117 individuals of three different groups were recorded in random in 2002 , among themwere 56.41 %of adult and 43.59 % underage , the rate was 1∶0.67 , the sex ratio of adult was 1∶1.21 The young were born from the beginning the month of March.

Key words: Golden monkey ( Rhinopithecus roxellana), Population, Distribution

关键词: 川金丝猴, 种群, 分布