Southern Yellow-cheeked Gibbon

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Nomascus gabriellae

Southern Yellow-cheeked Gibbon, a reference photo
Photo: Sancassania at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)

The yellow-cheeked gibbon (Nomascus gabriellae), also called the golden-cheeked gibbon, the yellow-cheeked crested gibbon, the golden-cheeked crested gibbon, the red-cheeked gibbon, or the buffed-cheeked gibbon, is a species of gibbon native to Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. The species was discovered and named after the British naturalist Gabrielle Maud Vassal.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Southern Yellow-cheeked 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.

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Classification

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Mammalia
Order
Primates
Family
Hylobatidae
Species
Nomascus gabriellae

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