Hoolock

Hoolock hoolock | Hoolock Gibbon | পশ্চিমা উল্লুক [ulluka]

 

Good spot: Hoollongapar Gibbon Sanctuary, Assam, India

Primatology

 

Taxonomy

 

 

Occurrence

India, Bangladesh, Myanmar

 

IUCN Conservation Status

 

 

 

Seeing this Species

 

The sanctuary: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoollongapar_Gibbon_Sanctuary

 

Probability of Success: ? (but looks good)

 

Overlapping species: Bengal Slow Loris

 

Local contacts: 

 

Other sites:

 

The Bradt Guide 100 Animals to See Before They Die (2007) offers Panbari Forest in Kaziranga National Park, as well as Manas National Park and Borajan Reserve Forest. All are in Assam. They add that, "for the more adventurous, Namdapha National Park in neighboring Arunachal Pradesh also offers an opportunity.

 

 

 

 

 

 

References

 

 

Garbutt, Nick and Mick Unwin. 2007. 100 Animals to See Before They Die. Bradt Guides: Bucks, England.

 

 

Illustration:

 

Fitzinger, Leopold Josef. Wissenschaftlich-populäre Naturgeschichte der Säugethiere in ihren sämmtlichen Hauptformen : Nebst einer Einleitung in die Naturgeschichte überhaupt und in die Lehre von den Thieren insbesondere. 1860. Public Domain.

 

Accessed via The Nash Collection of Primates in Art and IllustrationPrimate Center Library: Arts Collection. Local identifier: PCLArts.PCLA3196.bib

 

 

Page Last Updated: 2 February 2014