Black-crested gibbon (Nomascus concolor)

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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).