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Hylobates abbotti Kloss, 1929

Western Gray Gibbon

Authority citation: Kloss, C.B. 1929-04-30. Some remarks on the gibbons, with the description of a new sub-species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1929:113-127.

Authority publication link: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1929.tb07692.x

Original name as described: Hylobates cinereus abbotti

Nominal names: abbotti Kloss, 1929

Other common names: Abbott's Gibbon|West Bornean Gray Gibbon|Abbott's Gray Gibbon


Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Primates -- Family: Hylobatidae

Type specimen voucher catalogue number: USNM:MAMM:142172

Type locality: Indonesia, Pontianak, south-western Borneo.

Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Malaysia (MYS) | Indonesia (IDN)

Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is newly recognized since MSW3 2005.

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status: Endangered


Species-specific notes: split from H. muelleri
Citation: Anandam, M.V., Groves, C.P., Molur, S., Rawson, B.M., Richardson, M.C., Russon, A.E., Singleton, I., and Williamson, E.A. 2013. Family Hylobatidae (Hoolocks, Hylobates, Nomascus & Symphalangus). In: Mittermeier, R,A., Rylands,A,B., & Wilson, D,E (ed.), Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Vol 3. Primates, pp. 779-791. Primates. Lynx Edicions. Barcelona.|Roos, C. (2016). Phylogeny and classification of gibbons (hylobatidae). In Evolution of Gibbons and Siamang (pp. 151-164). Springer New York.


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