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Nomascus nasutus (Kunkel d'Herculais, 1884)

Cao-vit gibbon, Eastern black crested gibbon

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Last record: 1965

Rediscovered in 2002

IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered

 

Distribution

China & Viet Nam

 

Biology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

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Dang Huy Huynh. 1995. Fauna and geographical distribution of primate species in Vietnam. In: W. Xia and Y. Zhang (eds), Primate research and conservation, China Forestry Publishing House, Beijing, China.

Dang Ngoc Can, Pham Duc Tien and Vu Dinh Thong. 2002. Preliminary results of survey on the eastern black crested gibbon (Nomascus sp. cf. nasutus) in Bac Kan province, North Vietnam, April 2002. Survey report. Fauna and Flora International, Indochina Programme Office, Hanoi, Vietnam.

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Fischer, W. 1980. Einige Ergänzungen zur Haltung und Entwicklung des Schopfgibbons, Hylobates (Nomascus) concolor (Harlan). Milu, Berlin 5(1-2): 167 - 193.

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Geissmann, T., Trung, L.Q., Hoang, T.D., Can, D.N., Tien, P.D. and Thong, V.D. 2002. Report on an overall survey of the Cao Vit gibbon population (Nomascus sp. cf. nasutus) in Trung Khanh District, Cao Bang Province (second overall survey). Survey report. Fauna and Flora International, Asia Pacific Programme, Hanoi, Vietnam.

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