Gibbon Distribution Map

Species - Gibbon

Gibbons are small, slender, long-armed, tree-dwelling apes. These very acrobatic primates live in southeast Asia. Gibbons are arboreal; they spend most of their lives in trees. Because they are so agile while moving in the trees, almost no predators can catch them. There are nine species of gibbons, including the siamang, which is the largest and darkest gibbon. Because of the rapid deforestation of their habitats, some gibbon species are critically endangered.

Visit Dr. Susan Cheyne's Indonesian Gibbon Blog - www.indonesiangibbons.blogspot.com

Report on the first Indoneisan Gibbon Conservatin and Management workshop. (February 2008)
Indonesian-Gibbon-Workshop-Final-Report-2008.pdf (Adobe PDF, 1Mb)

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Hainan Gibbons
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Science news & articles relating to the Gibbon Group.

Ape Alliance - Article

1st International Gibbon Husbandry Conference


"The Great Lesser Ape"

Hosted by The Natural Science Center of Greensboro, North Carolina (United States). The conference will focus on captive gibbon husbandry and management practices, but will also encompass topics within gibbon conservation and biology.

Paper/Presentation/Poster abstract submission deadline is January 1st, 2012.

Workshop sessions may be held in place of presentations for some topics.

04/06/2012
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Ape Alliance - Article

Largest Population of Critically Endangered Gibbon Discovered in Vietnam


Pu Mat National Park, Vietnam - Conservation International (CI) has discovered the largest known remaining population of the critically endangered northern white-cheeked crested gibbon (Nomascus leucogenys) in Vietnam. Through auditory surveying, a technique which uses the species loud morning calls for identification, CI has confirmed a substantial population of 130 groups (455 animals), making this the highest priority for conservation action for the species globally.

http://www.conservation.org/newsroom/pressreleases/Pages/Critically-Endangered-Gibbon-Discovered-Vietnam.aspx

18/07/2011
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Ape Alliance - Article

Zoo welcomes birth of rare gibbon


A baby white-cheeked gibbon named Nakai is being hand reared at Perth Zoo after his mother struggled to care for him after his birth.

Perth Zoo primate keeper Holly Thompson said the 8-week-old gibbon required around the clock care.

"He's on nine feeds a day of a milk formula," she said.

http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/mp/9638859/zoo-welcomes-birth-of-rare-gibbon/

14/06/2011
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Ape Alliance - Article

Princess presents top conservation accolade to Indonesian health carer


LONDON, UK: - HRH The Princess Royal (Princess Anne) tonight presented one of the world’s top prizes for grassroots nature conservation – a Whitley Award – to Dr Hotlin Ompusunggu, a Sumatran dentist working in West Kalimantan, Borneo, for her work to improve the health and well-being of rainforest communities while also safeguarding a globally important habitat for gibbons, hornbills and orangutans, among many other species. 

 

www.whitleyaward.org

 

12/05/2011
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Ape Alliance - Article

Patterns of genetic variation within and between gibbon species


Gibbons are small, arboreal, highly endangered apes that are understudied compared with other hominoids. At present there are four recognized genera and approximately 17 species, all likely to have diverged from each other within the last 5 - 6 million years. Although the gibbon phylogeny has been investigated using various approaches (i.e. vocalization, morphology, mitochondrial DNA, karyotype, etc.), the precise taxonomic relationships are still highly debated. 

http://mbe.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2011/03/02/molbev.msr033.abstract

02/03/2011
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Ape Alliance - Article

New Gibbon Species Discovered


A new gibbon species have been discovered by researchers, led by Christian Roos, from the German Primate Center (Deutschen Primatenzentrums) and was published on Vietnamese Journal of Primatology. The northern buffed-cheeked gibbons (Nomascus annamensis) live in the rainforests of Annamite Mountains, situated around Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. The northern buffed-cheeked gibbons were once thought to be the yellow-cheeked gibbons (Nomascus gabriellae) but vocalization and genetic research prove that both are distinct species.

http://primatology.net/2010/09/22/new-gibbon-species-discovered/

22/09/2010
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Gibbons - Related Organisations

The following organisations are working to protect Gibbons, or are involved in their study and care:


Animal Defenders International
Millbank Tower
Millbank
London
SW1P 4QP
Phone: +44 (0)20 7630 3340
Fax: +44 (0)20 7828 2179
Web (en): www.ad-international.org
Email: click for contact form

Born Free Foundation
Will Travers CEO
3 Grove House
Foundry Lane
Horsham
West Sussex
RH13 5PL
Phone: +44 (0)1403 240 170
Fax: +44 (0)1403 327 838
Web (en): www.bornfree.org.uk
Email: click for contact form

Cockroach Productions
Nick Lyon & Evie Wright
The Old Tannery
Staplegrove
Taunton
Somerset TA2 6SP
www.films4.org
http://indonesiangibbons.blogspot.com/
Phone: 07850 921 207 & 208
Web (en): www.cockroach.org.uk
Email: click for contact form

Conservation International
2011 Crystal Drive
Suite 500 Arlington
VA 22202
USA


Phone: (703) 341-2400 USA
Web (en): www.conservation.org

Gibbon Conservation Alliance
Anthropological Institute
University Zurich-Irchel
Winterthurerstrasse 190
CH - 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
Web (en): www.gibbonconservation.org
Email: click for contact form

Gibbon Research Lab.
Dr Thomas Geissmann
Anthropological Institute
University Zurich-Irchel
Winterthurerstrasse 190
CH - 8057 Zurich, Switzerland

Phone: +41-44-635 54 13
Fax: +41-44-635 68 04
Web (en): www.gibbons.de
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Humane Society of Canada
409-120 Carlton St
Toronto ON M5A 4K2
Canada
Phone: +416 368 0405/1948
Web (en): www.humanesociety.com

International Primate Protection League (U.K.)
Gilmore House
166 Gilmore Road
London SE13 5AE
Phone: +44 (0)20 8297 2129
Fax: +44 (0)20 8297 2099
Web (en): www.ippl-uk.org
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International Ranger Federation
Gordon Miller
Fold Head Cottage
Grindsbrook Booth
Edale
Hope Valley
Derbyshire
S33 7ZD
UK
Phone: 00 44(0) 1433 670210
Web (en): www.int-ranger.net
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IUCN/SSC Primate Specialist Group
John M. Aguiar, Coordinator
Conservation International
2011 Crystal Drive, Suite 500
Arlington, Virginia 22202-3787


Phone: (703) 341-2400 USA
Web (en): www.primate-sg.org

Kalaweit
Constance Cluset
Kalaweit France
69 rue Mouffetard
75005 Paris
France.
Phone: +33 (0)7 86 01 18 87
Web (en): www.kalaweit.org
Web (de): chaneekalaweit.blogspot.com
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Primate Society of Great Britain
Bramley Lane Farm
Higher Kinnerton
Chester
CH4 9AX
UK
Phone: +44(0) 1334 467174
Web (en): www.psgb.org
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Restore UK
Peter Cole
PO Box 310,
Epsom,
Surrey KT17
UK
Phone: 01737 355458
Fax: 01737 355496
Web (en): www.restoreuk.org
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Wildlife Friends of Thailand
Edwin Wiek
108 Moo 6
Tambon Thamairuak
Amphoe Thayang
76130 Petchaburi
Thailand
Phone: +66-32-458135
Web (en): www.wfft.org
Email: click for contact form

WWF-UK
Panda House
Weyside Park,
Godalming
Surrey GU7 1XP
Phone: +44 (0)1483 426444
Fax: +44 (0)1483 426409
Web (en): www.wwf.org.uk

Zoological Society of London

Regents Park
London
NW1 4RY
Phone: +44 (0)20 7449 6610
Fax: +44 (0)20 7586 2870
Web (en): www.zsl.org
Email: click for contact form
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