Skywalker hoolock gibbon

Skywalker hoolock gibbon
CITES Appendix I (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Family: Hylobatidae
Genus: Hoolock
Species:
H. tianxing
Binomial name
Hoolock tianxing
Fan et al., 2017 [3]
Myanmar and surroundings in southern Asia

The Skywalker hoolock gibbon or Gaoligong hoolock gibbon[4] (Hoolock tianxing) is an arboreal[5] primate in the gibbon family, Hylobatidae. It is one of three species of hoolock gibbon and was first described in January 2017 in the American Journal of Primatology.[6] The Skywalker hoolock gibbon is one of two species of Eastern hoolocks: H. tianxing and H. leuconedys.[3] Researchers estimate H. tianxing diverged from H. leuconedys roughly 490,000 years ago.[4] The Eastern hoolock is vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, with a population of 310,000–370,000 individuals.[3] Of this population, H. tianxing makes up less than 150 individuals, making the Skywalker hoolock gibbon an endangered species.[7]

  1. ^ Fan, P.F.; Turvey, S.T.; Bryant, J.V. (2020) [amended version of 2019 assessment]. "Hoolock tianxing". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T118355648A166597159. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T118355648A166597159.en. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  3. ^ a b c Fan, P-F; He, K; Chen, X; Ortiz, A; Zhang, B; Zhao, C; Li, Y-Q; Zhang, H-B; Kimock, C; Wang, W-Z; Groves, C; Turvey, S.T; Roos, C; Helgen, K.M; Jiang, X-L (2017). "Description of a new species of Hoolock gibbon (Primates: Hylobatidae) based on integrative taxonomy". American Journal of Primatology. 79 (9999): e22631. doi:10.1002/ajp.22631. ISSN 1098-2345. PMID 28073165. S2CID 3882019.
  4. ^ a b Natali Anderson (2017-01-13). "Hoolock tianxing: New Species of Gibbon Discovered in Myanmar and China". Retrieved 2019-04-24.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference Fei-2017 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Brown, Georgia (11 January 2017). "New species of gibbon discovered in China". The Guardian.
  7. ^ Yang, J. H.; Huang, X. Y.; Jin, S. H.; Chan, B. P. L. (2020). "Filling a longstanding knowledge gap: Population size and conservation status of the Endangered Gaoligong hoolock Gibbon (Hoolock tianxing) in Houqiao Town, Yunnan". Global Ecology and Conservation. 24: e01347. Bibcode:2020GEcoC..2401347Y. doi:10.1016/j.gecco.2020.e01347. S2CID 228991214.