Geissmann, T. (2005): Der Hainan-Schopfgibbon: Der bedrohteste Menschenaffe der Welt. Gibbon Journal 1: 10-12 (German text, English abstract).

Der Hainan-Schopfgibbon: Der bedrohteste Menschenaffe der Welt

[ The Hainan black crested gibbon: The worldís most
endangered ape ]

Thomas Geissmann

Anthropological Institute, University Zürich-Irchel, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland

Key words: Hylobatidae; Nomascus; conservation; Hainan island; China.

Abstract: The last individuals of the Hainan black crested gibbon survive in the Bawangling National Nature Reserve (BNNR). A collaborative conservation project by the Kadoorie Farm & Botanic Garden (Hong Kong) and the Gibbon Conservation Alliance (Switzerland) aims at saving the most critically endangered of all apes.