Black Crested Gibbon

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iBlack Crested Gibbon[1]

Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Superfamily: Hominoidea
Family: Hylobatidae
Genus: Nomascus
Species: N. concolor
Binomial name
Nomascus concolor
(Harlan, 1826)

The Black Crested Gibbon (Nomascus concolor), also known as the Crested Gibbon, the Black Gibbon, the White-cheeked Gibbon, or the Concolor Gibbon, is a species of gibbon found in India, the Malay archipelago and Indochina. It is endangered.

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  1. ^ Groves, Colin (16 November 2005). Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 180. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
  2. ^ Eudey, A. & Members of the Primate Specialist Group (2000). Nomascus concolor. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 2006-11-21.

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