Bornean white-bearded gibbon

Bornean white-bearded gibbon[1]
Bornean white-bearded gibbon, (Hylobates albibarbis) in Tanjung Puting National Park
CITES Appendix I (CITES)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Family: Hylobatidae
Genus: Hylobates
Species:
H. albibarbis
Binomial name
Hylobates albibarbis
Lyon, 1911
Range of Bornean white-bearded gibbon (green)

The Bornean white-bearded gibbon (Hylobates albibarbis), also known as the Bornean agile gibbon or southern gibbon, is a species of gibbon endemic to southern Borneo. It is an endangered species, due to the ongoing logging of tropical forests between the Kapuas and Barito rivers.[2] Additional issues of concern to the endangerment of white-bearded gibbons also threaten other arboreal primates.[3][4]

The white-bearded gibbon is very similar to other gibbons in their behaviour and their frugivorous diet. The Bornean white-bearded gibbon was formerly considered a subspecies of the agile gibbon but based on recent DNA research, some now classify it as a separate species.[1][4][5]

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  5. ^ Hirai, H.; Hayano, A.; Tanaka, H.; Mootnick, A. R.; Wijayanto, H.; Perwitasari-Farajallah, D. (2009). "Genetic differentiation of agile gibbons between Sumatra and Kalimantan in Indonesia". The Gibbons. pp. 37–49. doi:10.1007/978-0-387-88604-6_3. ISBN 978-0-387-88603-9.. p. 37.