Black Crested Gibbon - Taxonomy

Taxonomy

The taxonomy of the species is confused. Previously grouped in the Hylobates genus, currently four subspecies are recognised.

• Central Yunnan black crested gibbon (Nomascus concolor jingdongensis), Yunnan province, China
• West Yunnan black crested gibbon (N. c. furvogaster), Yunnan province, China
• Laotian black crested gibbon (N. c. lu), Laos
• Tonkin black crested gibbon (N. c. concolor), northern Vietnam