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iEastern Black Crested Gibbon
Conservation status
Image:Status iucn3.1 CR.svg Critically endangered (CR)<ref name=iucn>Geissmann, T. (2003). Nomascus nasutus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 2006-11-21.</ref> </div>
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Primates Family: Hylobatidae Genus: Nomascus Species: N. nasutus
Binomial name
Nomascus nasutus (Kunkel d'Herculais, 1884)

The Eastern Black Crested Gibbon (Nomascus nasutus) is a gibbon that was once widespread in China and Vietnam. It became extinct on the mainland of China in the 1950's; now roughly only 20 gibbons survive on Hainan Island. The species was also thought to have become extinct in Vietnam in the 1960's but was rediscovered in 2002 where 26 individuals were found. It is the most critically endangered primate. Its demise has come from deforestation of its habitat, encroachment, and poaching.

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