Red-cheeked Gibbon
Nomascus gabriellae
EN Endangered (2015)
The Red-cheeked Gibbon (Nomascus gabriellae), also known as the Southern Yellow-cheeked Crested Gibbon or Buff-cheeked Crested Gibbon, is an endangered gibbon from eastern Cambodia and southern Vietnam. Gibbons from the genus Nomascus are all from the region that covers southern Yunnan, China to southern Vietnam, and the island of Hainan, China. They are all endangered or critically endangered species. The Red-cheeked Gibbon exhibits sexual dichromatism, like all Nomascus species. The male is black with blond cheeks and the female is blond with a black cap on the top of their heads. However, they are all born blond to blend in with their mothers fur, and they all turn black later in their youth. The females turn blond again when they reach sexual maturity. This species is monotypic.
Fact sheet
Taxonomy | |
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Kingdom | Animalia (Animals) |
Phylum | Chordata (Chordates) |
Class | Mammalia (Mammals) |
Order | Primates (Primates) |
Suborder | Simiiformes (Simians, or Apes and Monkeys) |
Family | Hylobatidae (Gibbons) |
Typ specimen | Hylobates gabriellae (Thomas, 1909) |
Type locality | Langbian, Vietnam |
Translations | |
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Dutch | Goudwanggibbon |
French | Gibbon de Gabrielle |
German | Südlicher Gelbwangengibbon |
Spanish | Gibón de mejillas beige meridonal |
Measurements | |
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Head-body lenght | ♂ 45–49 cm / ♀ 46–47 cm |
Tail lenght | tailless |
Weight | ♂ c. 7 kg / ♀ c. 5 kg |
Portfolio
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Bibliography
Burgin et al. (2020). Illustrated Checklist of the Mammals of the World. Volume 1. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona
Lynx Nature Books. (2023). All the Mammals of the World. Barcelona.
Websites: IUCN Redlist; iNaturalist
Image credits
Header image: Edwin Butter / Shutterstock
Map: IUCN Redlist
Portfolio: Mark Sikking / FotoZoo