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Animal Facts

  • Genus:

    Nomascus
  • Species:

    Nomascus leucogenys
  • Conservation
    Status:

    Critically Endangered

  • Found In:

    South East Asia

Meet the gorgeous gibbons!

Adelaide Zoo is home to a pair of White-cheeked Gibbons. Remus was born on 26 June 1996 at Zoo Duisburg, Germany, arriving at Adelaide Zoo in August 2006.

Viet was born on 6 June 1999 at Melbourne Zoo, arriving at Adelaide Zoo in November 2005. Both Remus and Viet love fruit as a special treat, usually reserved for training sessions with their keepers.

Remus and Viet have had three offspring – daughters Nhu, born 14 September 2011, Tien, born on 13 April 2014, and Tuson, born on 10 December 2016. Nhu, Tien and Tuson grew up with their parents before moving to other zoos when they reached maturity.

The White-cheeked Gibbon inhabits the subtropical and tropical rainforests of Laos, Vietnam and Southern China.

Male and female White-cheeked Gibbons have different coloured fur. The male’s body is covered with black fur, with white cheeks and a black crest on its head. The female is golden in colour with a black face and no crest. Babies are born golden in colour before gradually turning black. Females turn gold again when they reach maturity at around five years of age while males remain black.

The species is classified as critically endangered due to a declining trend in the population by at least 80% over the past 45 years. This is due primarily to deforestation for human settlement, agriculture and the commercial timber trade and poaching for the wildlife trade.

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