Pileated Gibbon
(Hylobates pileatus)
Facts
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IUCN ENDANGERED (EN)
Facts about this animal
The Pileated Gibbon has a long, dense and shaggy fur. The colour of the males is black with white back to the hands and feet and white head ring. Females are silvery grey with black chest, cheeks and cap. Sexual dimorphism occurs only in the fur colour. They have a bare and dark pigmented face. Females weigh about 4.9-6.2 kg and males 5.3-6.7 kg. Reasons for the decline of the Pileated Gibbon include habitat loss, especially due to logging and agriculture, as well as hunting for food and the pet market.
Did you know?
That gibbons drink by licking their wet fur after dipping their hands into water or rubbing them against wet foliage?
| Factsheet | |
|---|---|
| Class | MAMMALIA |
| Order | PRIMATES |
| Suborder | SIMIAE |
| Family | HYLOBATIDAE |
| Name (Scientific) | Hylobates pileatus |
| Name (English) | Pileated Gibbon |
| Name (French) | Gibbon à bonnet |
| Name (German) | Kappengibbon |
| Name (Spanish) | Gibón de cresta negra |
| CITES Status | Appendix I |
| CMS Status | Not listed |
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Gerald Cubitt
Distribution
| Distribution | |
|---|---|
| Range | Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand, Viet Nam |
| Habitat | Tropical rainforest |
| Wild population | 12,000 individuals in Thailand (2004-2005), Cambodia would be approximately 35,000, while Laos PDR have the smallest population (Red List IUCN 2011). |
| Zoo population | 106 registered by the International studbook (2004, incomplete data from Asia), 64 reported to ISIS |
In the Zoo
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How this animal should be transported
For air transport, Container Note 33 of the IATA Live Animals Regulations should be followed.
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Gerald Cubitt
Why do zoos keep this animal
The Pileated Gibbon is rated vulnerable, and its habitat is shrinking and deteriorating continuously. With a view of building up a viable reserve population, an International Studbook has been established in 1990 under the WAZA umbrella, and coordinated conservation breeding programmes are operated at the regional level by AZA, EAZA and JAZA.