This subspecies is found in the mountainous areas flanking the sichuan basin from the west and north The largest populations are found in the wolong natural reserve in sichuan province, but the range of golden monkeys extends as far south as gansu province. According to the estimates made between 1995 and 2006, the population includes some 10,000 individuals, living mostly in sichuan.
These largely arboreal primates inhabit deciduous broadleaf and conifer forests along the tibetan plateau at elevations of 5,200 to 13,000 feet. Golden monkeys, pygathrix roxellana , live in the mountainous regions of southwestern china, along the tibetan plateau The black and gray species, however, number fewer than 1,500 each
