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Agile Gibbon
Sign in to saveAlso known as black-handed gibbon, Hylobates agilis, H. agilis
Old World primate in the gibbon family
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Agile Gibbon is indexed among the 17,243 entries in Vinony's Endangered Species collection.
Vinony's link graph records 55 inbound references to Agile Gibbon, and connects out to Malaysia, Animalia and mammal.
It sits within the topics Fauna listed on CITES Appendix I, Fauna of Sumatra and Hylobates.
Vinony links it to 34 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
EndangeredMaximum longevity: 49 years (captivity) Observations: One wild born female, estimated to be around 49 years old, was still alive in captivity (Richard Weigl 2005).
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Wikidata facts
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Endangered status
- taxon name
- Hylobates agilis
- Commons category
- Hylobates agilis
- Commons gallery
- Hylobates agilis
- taxon common name
- črnoroki gibon
- longest observed lifespan
- 49
- CITES Appendix
- Appendix I of CITES
- diel cycle
- diurnality
- short name
- H. agilis
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- taxon range
- Malaysia
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Encyclopedic overview
The agile gibbon (Hylobates agilis), also called the black-handed gibbon, is an Old World primate, and is a part of the gibbon family. It is native to Indonesia, specifically, on the island of Sumatra. The agile gibbon can also be found in Malaysia, and southern Thailand. As appointed by the IUCN Red List, this species is endangered, and mainly due to the destruction of their habitat and pet trade.
Taxonomy
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Agile Gibbon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.