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Hylobates muelleri | Müller's Bornean Gibbon

 

Best spot: Danum Valley Field Centre, Sabah, Malaysia 

H. muelleri_Danum Valley_1

© Andie Ang

Danum Valley Field Centre, Sabah, Malaysia

Primatology

 

Taxonomy

Hylobates muelleri is a monotypic species (no subspecies).

 

Occurrence

Cambodia, southwestern China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, and Yunnan provinces), northeastern India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, and Tripura provinces), Lao PDR, northwestern Peninsular Malaysia, northern Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.

 

IUCN Conservation Status

Endangered

 

 

Phenomenology

 

Reported throughout central Vietnam and the Central Highlands, except in eastern Lam Dong and Dak Lak Provinces. These areas are mainly covered by secondary forest which might not be a suitable habitat for Stump-Tailed Macaque whereas Northern Pig-Tailed Macaque occur (Nadler 2012).

 

Phu Khieo Wildlife Sanctuary

 

 

 

 

 

Probability of Success:

 

Overlapping species:

 

Other sites:

 

 

Local contacts

 

 

 

 

 

References

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Page Last Updated: 7 September 2023

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