Black-crested gibbon  (Nomascus concolor)

Facts

Previously known as:Hylobates concolor
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Primates
Family Hylobatidae
Genus Nomascus (1)
Size Head-body length: 45 - 64 cm (2)
Weight 5.7 kg (2)

Status

Classified as Critically Endangered (CR) on the IUCN Red List (1), and listed on Appendix I of CITES (3). Four subspecies are currently recognised, all of which are classified as Critically Endangered: the Tonkin black-crested gibbon (Nomascus concolor concolor), West Yunnan black-crested gibbon (N. c. furvogaster), Central Yunnan black-crested gibbon (N. c. jingdongensis), and Laotian black-crested gibbon (N. c. lu) (1).