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:
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