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Nomascus leucogenys (white-cheeked gibbon)

Synonyms: Hylobates concolor leucogenys; Hylobates leucogenys

Wikipedia Abstract

The northern white-cheeked gibbon (Nomascus leucogenys) is a species of gibbon native to South East Asia. It is closely related to the southern white-cheeked gibbon (Nomascus siki), with which it was previously considered conspecific. The females of the two species are virtually indistinguishable in appearance. The genome of N. leucogenys was sequenced and published in 2011.
View Wikipedia Record: Nomascus leucogenys

Endangered Species

Status: Critically Endangered
View IUCN Record: Nomascus leucogenys

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  13.228 lbs (6.00 kg)
Birth Weight [2]  1.058 lbs (480 g)
Diet [3]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Frugivore, Herbivore
Diet - Fruit [3]  80 %
Diet - Invertibrates [3]  10 %
Diet - Plants [3]  10 %
Forages - Arboreal [3]  100 %
Female Maturity [2]  7 years
Male Maturity [2]  7 years
Gestation [2]  6 months 26 days
Litter Size [4]  1
Maximum Longevity [1]  44 years
Snout to Vent Length [4]  23 inches (59 cm)
Habitat Substrate [2]  Arboreal

Protected Areas

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Dirofilaria digitata <Unverified Name>[5]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 2Nomascus leucogenys (Primates: Hylobatidae), LEE E. HARDING, MAMMALIAN SPECIES 44(890):1–15 (2012)
♦ 3Hamish 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
♦ 4Nathan 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
♦ 5Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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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