HYLOBATIDAE
Gibbons and Siamang


Dark-handed Gibbon

Hylobates agilis F. Cuvier, 1821
Distribution: Malay Peninsula from the Mudah and Thepha rivers on the north to the Perak and Kelanton rivers on the south; Sumatra (Indonesia), SE of Lake Toba and the Singkil River; Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo) between the Kapuas and Barito rivers.
Status: CITES - Appendix I; U.S. ESA - Endangered
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Black, Crested, or White-cheeked Gibbon

Hylobates concolor (Harlan, 1826)
Distribution: Hainan Island (China); E of the Mekong River in S Yunnan (China), Laos, and Vietnam to Red River in Vietnam.
Status: CITES - Appendix I; U.S. ESA - Endangered; IUCN - Vulnerable
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Hylobates gabriellae

Hylobates gabriellae Thomas, 1909
Distribution: S Laos, S Vietnam, Cambodia
Status: CITES - Appendix I; U.S. ESA - Endangered
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Hoolock Gibbon

Hylobates hoolock (Harlan, 1834)
Distribution: Between the Brahmaputra and Salween rivers in Assam (India), Burma, and Yunnan (China)
Status: CITES - Appendix I; U.S. ESA - Endangered; IUCN - Vulnerable
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Kloss's Gibbon or Bilou

Hylobates klossii (Miller, 1903)
Distribution: Mentawai Islands (Indonesia)
Status: CITES - Appendix I; U.S. ESA - Endangered; IUCN - Endangered
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White-handed or Lar Gibbon

Hylobates lar (Linnaeus, 1771)
Distribution: Between the Salween and Mekong rivers from S Yunnan (China ) south to the Mun R. (Thailand) and the Mudah and Thepha rivers on the Malay Peninsula; S Malay Peninsula south of the Perak and Kelantan rivers; Sumatra (Indonesia) NW of Lake Toba and the Singkil R.; E and S Burma.
Status: CITES - Appendix I; U.S. ESA - Endangered
Files: 3 JPG files available; QM + G-banding



Hylobates leucogenys

Hylobates leucogenys Ogilby, 1840
Distribution: SW Yunnan (China) to 19 degreesN in Vietnam
Status: CITES - Appendix I; U.S. ESA - Endangered
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Silvery Gibbon

Hylobates moloch (Audebert, 1798)
Distribution: Java (Indonesia)
Status: CITES - Appendix I; U.S. ESA - Endangered; IUCN - Endangered
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Hylobates muelleri

Hylobates muelleri Martin, 1841
Distribution: Borneo from the N bank of the Kapuas River clockwise around the island to the E bank of the Barito River.
Status: CITES - Appendix I; U.S. ESA - Endangered
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Pileated or Capped Gibbon

Hylobates pileatus (Gray, 1861)
Distribution: SE Thailand and Cambodia south of the Mun and Takhrong rivers and west of the Mekong River.
Status: CITES - Appendix I; U.S. ESA - Endangered; IUCN - Endangered
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Siamang

Hylobates syndactylus (Raffles, 1821)
Distribution: Barisan Mountains of Sumatra (Indonesia); mountains of Malay Peninsula south of Perak River.
Status: CITES - Appendix I; U.S. ESA - Endangered
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