Nomascus leucogenys

(W. Ogilby, 1840)

Northern White-cheeked Crested Gibbon

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Primates
Suborder : Haplorhini
Infraorder : Simiiformes
Parvorder : Catarrhini
Superfamily : Hominoidea
Family : Hylobatidae
Genus : Nomascus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Ogilby, W. 1840-07. Mr. Ogilby next drew attention to a prepared specimen and skull of a Gibbon, which had recently died at the Society's menagerie. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1840:20-21.

Original name as described

Hylobates leucogenys

Other common names

Northern White-cheeked Gibbon · White-cheeked Gibbon

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1855.12.24.5

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Siam. Restricted by J. Fooden in 1987 to Laos, Muang Khi.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

China · Laos · Vietnam

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

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