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Nomascus siki (Southern White-cheeked Gibbon)

Synonyms: Hylobates concolor siki; Hylobates gabriellae siki

Wikipedia Abstract

The southern white-cheeked gibbon (Nomascus siki) is a species of gibbon native to Vietnam and Laos. It is closely related to the northern white-cheeked gibbon (Nomascus leucogenys) and the yellow-cheeked gibbon (Nomascus gabriellae); it has previously been identified as a subspecies of each of these.
View Wikipedia Record: Nomascus siki

Endangered Species

Status: Critically Endangered
View IUCN Record: Nomascus siki

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  14.597 lbs (6.621 kg)
Birth Weight [1]  1.096 lbs (497 g)
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Frugivore, Herbivore
Diet - Fruit [2]  80 %
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  10 %
Diet - Plants [2]  10 %
Forages - Arboreal [2]  100 %
Female Maturity [1]  8 years 4 months
Gestation [1]  6 months 28 days
Litter Size [1]  1
Maximum Longevity [1]  46 years
Snout to Vent Length [1]  23 inches (59 cm)

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0