Nomascus

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Nomascus[1][2]
Black Crested GibbonNomascus concolor
Black Crested Gibbon
Nomascus concolor
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Hylobatidae
Genus: Nomascus
Miller, 1933
Species

Nomascus concolor
Nomascus gabriellae
Nomascus leucogenys
Nomascus nasutus

Nomascus is the second most speciose genus of gibbons (family Hylobatidae). Originally this genus was a subgenus of Hylobates, and all individuals were considered one species, Hylobates concolor. Species within Nomascus are characterized by 52 chromosomes. Some species are all black, some light with a distinct black tuft of crown fur, and some by distinct, light-colored cheek patches. Nomascus is found from southern China (Yunnan) to southern Vietnam, and also on Hainan Island. One of the genus' species, Nomascus nasutus, has been deemed "the most critically endangered ape species in the world".[2]

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[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Groves, Colin (16 November 2005). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 180-181. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. 
  2. ^ a b c Geissmann, Thomas. Gibbon Systematics and Species Identification. Retrieved on 2006-04-13.

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