- Pileated Gibbon
Taxobox
name = Pileated GibbonMSW3 Groves|pages=180]
status = EN
trend = unknown
status_system = iucn3.1
status_ref = [IUCN2006|assessors=Eudey "et al"|year=2000|id=10552|title=Hylobates pileatus|downloaded=11 May 2006 Listed as Vulnerable (VU A1cd+2cd v2.3) ]
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Mammal ia
ordo =Primate s
familia =Hylobatidae
genus = "Hylobates "
species = "H. pileatus"
binomial = "Hylobates pileatus"
binomial_authority = (Gray, 1861)The Pileated Gibbon ("Hylobates pileatus") is a
primate in theHylobatidae orgibbon family.The Pileated Gibbon has
sexual dimorphism in fur coloration: males have a purely black fur, while the females are have a white-grey colored fur with only the belly and head black. The white and often shaggy hair ring around the head is common to both sexes.The range of the Pileated Gibbon is eastern
Thailand , westernCambodia and southwestLaos . Its lifestyle is much like other gibbons: diurnal andarboreal , it lives together in a monogamous pair, brachiates through the trees with its long arms, and predominantly eats fruits, leaves and small animals. Reproduction habits are not well known, but are presumed to be similar to the other gibbons.References
External links
* [http://www.gibbons.de/main/photo/06pil.html Pileated Gibbon photos]
* [http://www.gibbons.de/main/sound/06pil.html Pileated Gibbon songs]
* [http://www.gibboncenter.org/ Gibbon Conservation Center]
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