Black crested gibbon

Black crested gibbon
Temporal range: Pleistocene to Recent
CITES Appendix I (CITES)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Family: Hylobatidae
Genus: Nomascus
Species:
N. concolor
Binomial name
Nomascus concolor
(Harlan, 1826)
Subspecies
  • Nomascus concolor concolor
  • Nomascus concolor lu
  • Nomascus concolor jingdongensis
  • Nomascus concolor furvogaster
Black crested gibbon range
Synonyms
  • Hylobates concolor (Harlan, 1826)
  • Hylobates harlani Lesson, 1827
  • Hylobates niger Ogilby, 1840
  • Nomascus harlani Lesson, 1827
  • Nomascus henrici de Pousargues, 1897
  • Nomascus niger Ogilby, 1840
  • Simia concolor Harlan, 1826

The black crested gibbon (Nomascus concolor) is a Critically Endangered species of gibbon found in China, Laos, and northern Vietnam, with four subspecies.

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