Northern white-cheeked gibbon
Appearance
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Nomascus leucogenys at the Adelaide Zoo in South Australia | |
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Species: | N. leucogenys
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Nomascus leucogenys (Ogilby, 1840)
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Hylobates leucogenys (Ogilby, 1840) |
The Northern White-cheeked Gibbon (Nomascus leucogenys) is a species of gibbon native to Vietnam, Laos, and the Yunnan province of China.[1] It is closely related to the Southern White-cheeked Gibbon (Nomascus siki), with which it was previously considered conspecific.[1] The females of the two species are virtually indistinguishable in appearance.[3]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Female_White-Cheeked_Gibbon.jpg/220px-Female_White-Cheeked_Gibbon.jpg)
References
- ^ a b c Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
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- ^ Geissmann, Thomas (December 1995). "Gibbon systematics and species identification" (PDF). International Zoo News. 42: 472. Retrieved 2008-08-15.
External links
- Northern White-cheeked Gibbon at Animal Diversity Web