Southern white-cheeked gibbon
The southern white-cheeked gibbon (Nomascus siki) is a species of gibbon native to Vietnam and Laos. It is closely related to the northern white-cheeked gibbon (Nomascus leucogenys) and the yellow-cheeked gibbon (Nomascus gabriellae); it has previously been identified as a subspecies of each of these.
| Southern white-cheeked gibbon | |
|---|---|
| Female (left) and male | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
| Family: | Hylobatidae |
| Genus: | Nomascus |
| Species: | N. siki |
| Binomial name | |
| Nomascus siki (Delacour, 1951) | |
| Southern white-cheeked gibbon range | |
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