Black-crested gibbon  (Nomascus concolor)

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 five different subspecies are recognised (9). 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 (6). Whilst 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 (7) and the Hainan black-crested gibbon (N. c. hainanus) is found on Hainan Island, China (6).

The black-crested gibbon inhabits tropical evergreen broad-leaved forests and semi-deciduous monsoon forests (4).