northern white-cheeked gibbon

species of mammal
Taxon taxon Q998141
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northern white-cheeked gibbon

Summary

northern white-cheeked gibbon is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.78% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (395 views/month, #1,516 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • northern white-cheeked gibbon's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • northern white-cheeked gibbon is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • northern white-cheeked gibbon's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Critically Endangered[5].
  • northern white-cheeked gibbon belongs to the parent taxon Nomascus[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, northern white-cheeked gibbon is Nomascus leucogenys[7].
  • northern white-cheeked gibbon's Commons category is recorded as Nomascus leucogenys[8].
  • northern white-cheeked gibbon's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Nomascus leucogenys[9].
  • northern white-cheeked gibbon's Commons gallery is recorded as Nomascus leucogenys[10].
  • northern white-cheeked gibbon's original combination is recorded as Hylobates leucogenys[11].
  • northern white-cheeked gibbon's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'N. leucogenys'}[12].
  • northern white-cheeked gibbon is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Northern white-cheeked gibbon'}[13].
  • northern white-cheeked gibbon is commonly known as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Gibbon à favoris blancs du Nord'}[14].
  • northern white-cheeked gibbon is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Northern White-cheeked Gibbon'}[15].
  • northern white-cheeked gibbon is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'White-cheeked Gibbon'}[16].
  • northern white-cheeked gibbon is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Nördlicher Weißwangen-Schopfgibbon'}[17].
  • northern white-cheeked gibbon is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '北白颊长臂猿'}[18].
  • northern white-cheeked gibbon's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q41803', 'amount': '+480'}[19].
  • northern white-cheeked gibbon's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+7.5'}[20].
  • northern white-cheeked gibbon's habitat is recorded as forest[21].
  • northern white-cheeked gibbon's gestation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+206'}[22].
  • northern white-cheeked gibbon's longest observed lifespan is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+44.1'}[23].
  • northern white-cheeked gibbon's sequenced genome URL is recorded as http://www.ensembl.org/Nomascus_leucogenys[24].
  • northern white-cheeked gibbon's CITES Appendix is recorded as Appendix I of CITES[25].
  • northern white-cheeked gibbon's diel cycle is recorded as diurnality[26].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, northern white-cheeked gibbon is Nomascus leucogenys[7]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It belongs to the parent taxon Nomascus[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Northern white-cheeked gibbon'}[13], {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Gibbon à favoris blancs du Nord'}[14], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'White-cheeked Gibbon'}[16], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Nördlicher Weißwangen-Schopfgibbon'}[17], and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '北白颊长臂猿'}[18].

Identifiers

northern white-cheeked gibbon's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 74781[27]. northern white-cheeked gibbon's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 61853[28]. northern white-cheeked gibbon's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1038638[29]. northern white-cheeked gibbon's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4267270[30].

Why It Matters

northern white-cheeked gibbon ranks in the top 0.78% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (395 views/month, #1,516 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [28] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [29] . wikidata.org.
  9. [30] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  15. [14] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [15] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [16] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [17] . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  19. [18] . China' s mammalian diversity. wikidata.org.
  20. [19] . Nomascus leucogenys (Primates: Hylobatidae). wikidata.org.
  21. [20] . Nomascus leucogenys (Primates: Hylobatidae). wikidata.org.
  22. [21] . wikidata.org.
  23. [22] . Nomascus leucogenys (Primates: Hylobatidae). wikidata.org.
  24. [27] . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] . Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World (1st edition). wikidata.org.
  26. [24] . Ensembl genome database project. wikidata.org.
  27. [25] . Species+. wikidata.org.
  28. [26] . Diurnality, nocturnality, and the evolution of primate visual systems. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Jfpierce · 2026-06-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category Category:Nomascus leucogenys
    Diel cycle diurnality
    Instance of taxon
    Has characteristic Q120446
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