The western hoolock gibbon (Hoolock hoolock) is a primate from the gibbon family, Hylobatidae. The species is found in Assam, Mizoram, and Meghalaya in India, Bangladesh, and Myanmar west of the Chindwin River.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Western Hoolock Gibbon being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Hylobates pileatus
- Hylobates agilis
- Hylobates funereus
- Hylobates lar
- Hylobates albibarbis
- Nomascus gabriellae
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Primates
- Family
- Hylobatidae
- Genus
- Hoolock
- Species
- Hoolock hoolock
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