Black-crested gibbon  (Nomascus concolor)

Range

The black-crested gibbon is found in South East Asia, and the greatly reduced and fragmented range includes Vietnam, China and Laos. Much confusion surrounds the taxonomy of this species but at present four different subspecies are recognised (7). The central Yunnan (Nomascus concolor jingdongensis) and the west Yunnan black-crested gibbon (N. c. furvogaster) are both found within the Yunnan Province of China (8). The Laotian black-crested gibbon (N. c. lu) is found in Laos, the Tonkin black-crested gibbon (N. c. concolor) is found in Northern Vietnam (4).

View a distribution map for this species at UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre.

Habitat

The black-crested gibbon inhabits evergreen, semi-evergreen and deciduous forest, in subtropical and montane regions (1).

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