Nomascus

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Nomascus[1][2]
Hylobates concolor2.jpg
Northern white-cheeked gibbon
Nomascus leucogenys
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Primates
Family:
Hylobatidae
Genus:
Nomascus

Miller, 1933
Species

Nomascus concolor
Nomascus gabriellae
Nomascus leucogenys
Nomascus nasutus

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Nomascus is the second-most speciose genus of gibbons (family Hylobatidae). Originally, this genus was a subgenus of Hylobates, and all individuals were considered one species, Hylobates concolor. Species within Nomascus are characterized by 52 chromosomes. Some species are all black, some are light with a distinct black tuft of crown fur, and some have distinct, light-colored cheek patches. Nomascus is found from southern China (Yunnan) to southern Vietnam, and also on Hainan Island. One species, Nomascus nasutus, has been deemed "the most critically endangered ape species in the world".[2] All species in this genus are endangered or critically endangered.

Classification

References

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