A comparative study of crested gibbons (Nomascus)

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 135-154

  Mootnick, Alan R ^a   Fan, Peng Fei ^b  

^a Gibbon Conservation Center   (United States)

^b DALI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Crested gibbons; Hylobatidae; Nomascus; Nomenclature; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; COLOR MORPH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; NOMENCLATURE; PRIMATE; TAXONOMY; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BONE; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; HYLOBATIDAE; MALE; PHYLOGENY; PIGMENTATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TOOTH; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BONE AND BONES; CHINA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HYLOBATIDAE; MALE; PHYLOGENY; PIGMENTATION; TOOTH; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

CAMBODIA; LAOS; VIET NAM;

HYLOBATIDAE; NOMASCUS; NOMASCUS CONCOLOR; PRIMATES;

EID: 78650237615     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20880     Document Type: Article

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