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--> SUPERFAMILY Hominoidea
--> FAMILY Hylobatidae
--> GENUS Nomascus
SPECIES Nomascus concolor
Author: | Harlan, 1826. | Citation: | J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, ser. 5, 4: 231. | Common Name: | Black Crested Gibbon | Type Locality: | Vietnam, Tonkin. | Distribution: | E of the Mekong River, and a small enclave W of the Mekong, in S Yunnan (China), N and WC Laos, and in Vietnam to Red River; and an isolated region round Ban Nam Khueung, Laos. | Status: | CITES – Appendix I; U.S. ESA – Endangered; IUCN – Critically Endangered as N. c. furvogaster, N. c. jingdongensis, and N. nasutus, Endangered as N. c. concolor and N. c. lu. | Comments: | Does not include hainanus, see Groves (2001c). The status of nasutus is unclear; it may be a senior synonym for hainanus. |
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