Southern Yellow-cheeked Gibbon
Nomascus gabriellae
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Epic
- Observations
- 301
- Most observed in
- 🇻🇳 Vietnam
- Conservation
- Endangered
Description
The yellow-cheeked gibbon (Nomascus gabriellae), also called the golden-cheeked gibbon, the yellow-cheeked crested gibbon, the golden-cheeked crested gibbon, the red-cheeked gibbon, or the buffed-cheeked gibbon, is a species of gibbon native to Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. The species was discovered and named after the British naturalist Gabrielle Maud Vassal. The yellow-cheeked gibbon is born blond and later turns black.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Yellow-cheeked gibbon”.