- Northern white-cheeked gibbon
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Northern white-cheeked gibbon[1] 
Nomascus leucogenys at the Adelaide Zoo in South Australia Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Primates Superfamily: Hominoidea Family: Hylobatidae Genus: Nomascus Species: N. leucogenys Binomial name Nomascus leucogenys
(Ogilby, 1840)
Northern White-cheeked Gibbon range
(brown — extant, orange — probably extinct)Synonyms Hylobates leucogenys (Ogilby, 1840)
The northern white-cheeked gibbon (Nomascus leucogenys) is a species of gibbon native to Vietnam, Laos, and the Yunnan province of China.[1] It is closely related to the southern white-cheeked gibbon (Nomascus siki), with which it was previously considered conspecific.[1] The females of the two species are virtually indistinguishable in appearance.[3]
The genome of N. leucogenys was sequenced and published in 2011.[4]
A "substantial" population of 455 critically endangered northern white-cheeked crested gibbons (Nomascus leucogenys) have been recently found living in the Pu Mat National Park in Nghe An province, northern Vietnam, near the border with Laos. Conservation International report they are living at high altitudes, and far from human settlements. This population, representing two thirds of the total known in Vietnam are, apparently, the "only confirmed viable population" of this variety in the world.[5]
Female Northern White-cheeked Gibbon, Nomascus leucogenys
References
- ^ a b c Groves, C. (2005). Wilson, D. E., & Reeder, D. M, eds. ed. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. OCLC 62265494. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=12100782.
- ^ Bleisch, B., Geissmann, T., Manh Ha, N., Rawson, B. & Timmins, R. J. (2008). Nomascus leucogenys. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 4 January 2009.
- ^ Geissmann, Thomas (December 1995). "Gibbon systematics and species identification" (PDF). International Zoo News 42: 472. http://gibbons.de/main/papers/pdf_files/1995gibbon_systematics_big.pdf. Retrieved 2008-08-15.
- ^ Ensembl entry
- ^ "Community of rare gibbons found in Vietnam." AFP. July 17th 2011. [1]
External links
- Northern White-cheeked Gibbon at Animal Diversity Web
Extant species of family Hylobatidae (Gibbons) Kingdom: Animalia · Phylum: Chordata · Class: Mammalia · Order: Primates · Suborder: Haplorrhini Hylobates Hoolock Symphalangus Nomascus Northern buffed-cheeked gibbon (N. annamensis) · Black crested gibbon (N. concolor) · Eastern black brested gibbon (N. nasutus) · Northern white-cheeked gibbon (N. leucogenys) · Yellow-cheeked gibbon (N. gabriellae) · Southern white-cheeked gibbon (N. siki)Category Categories:- IUCN Red List critically endangered species
- Primate stubs
- Mammals of Southeast Asia
- Mammals of Laos
- Fauna of Vietnam
- Gibbons
- Animals described in 1840
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