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Hylobates agilis F. Cuvier 1821

Description

Hylobates agilis F. Cuvier 1821

Hylobates agilis F. Cuvier 1821, in: E. Geoffroy and F. Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Mammiferes, pt. 2, 3 (32): 1-3.

Type Locality: Indonesia, W Sumatra.

Vernacular Names: Agile Gibbon.

Synonyms: Hylobates albo Ludeking 1862; Hylobates albo Ludeking 1862; Hylobates rafflei É. Geoffroy 1828; Hylobates unko Lesson 1829.

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.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix I; U.S. ESA – Endangered; IUCN – Lower Risk (nt) as H. a. agilis and H. a. unko.

Discussion: Not a subspecies of lar. Includes albibarbis according to Marshall and Marshall (1976), but this was considered a separate species by Groves (2001 c).

Notes

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Primates, pp. 111-184 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 179, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Hylobatidae
Genus
Hylobates
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Primates
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
F. Cuvier
Species
agilis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Hylobates agilis Cuvier, 1821 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Marshall, J. T., Jr., and E. R. Marshall. 1976. Gibbons and their territorial songs. Science, 193: 235 - 237.
  • Groves, C. P. 2001 c. Primate taxonomy. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC, 350 pp.