northern white-cheeked gibbon

species of mammal
Taxon taxon Q998141
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Summary

northern white-cheeked gibbon is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.78% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,212 views/month, #1,516 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Critically Endangered[4]
  • Parent taxon: Nomascus[5]
  • Taxon name: Nomascus leucogenys[6]
  • Commons category: Nomascus leucogenys[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Nomascus leucogenys[8]
  • Commons gallery: Nomascus leucogenys[9]
  • Original combination: Hylobates leucogenys[10]
  • Has characteristic: viviparity[11]
  • Short name: N. leucogenys[12]
  • Taxon common name: Northern white-cheeked gibbon[13], Gibbon à favoris blancs du Nord[14], White-cheeked Gibbon[15], Nördlicher Weißwangen-Schopfgibbon[16], 北白颊长臂猿[17]
  • Mass: 480 g[18], 7.5 kg[19]
  • Habitat: forest[20]
  • Gestation period: 206 day[21]
  • Longest observed lifespan: 44.1 years[22]
  • Sequenced genome URL: http://www.ensembl.org/Nomascus_leucogenys[23]
  • CITES Appendix: Appendix I of CITES[24]
  • Diel cycle: diurnality[25]

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Identifiers

northern white-cheeked gibbon's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 74781[26]. northern white-cheeked gibbon's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 61853[27]. northern white-cheeked gibbon's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1038638[28]. northern white-cheeked gibbon's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4267270[29]. northern white-cheeked gibbon's ITIS TSN is recorded as 944290[30].

Why It Matters

northern white-cheeked gibbon has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [27] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [29] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . China' s mammalian diversity. wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . Nomascus leucogenys (Primates: Hylobatidae). wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . Nomascus leucogenys (Primates: Hylobatidae). wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . Nomascus leucogenys (Primates: Hylobatidae). wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [22] ↑ . Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World (1st edition). wikidata.org.
  26. [23] ↑ . Ensembl genome database project. wikidata.org.
  27. [24] ↑ . Species+. wikidata.org.
  28. [25] ↑ . 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. 6d ago · AntiDerangedKhanTengriAction · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Itis tsn → 944290
    Wikipedia languages → ['as', 'avk', 'bg', 'ca', 'ceb', 'commons', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'eu',
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  2. 17w ago · Jfpierce · 2026-06-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Nomascus leucogenys
    Diel cycle → diurnality
    Instance of → taxon
    Has characteristic → viviparity
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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