Forest rangers in Dong Nai province on November 2 handed over two rare gibbons they found at a local resident's house to a wildlife rescue agency.
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| A yellow-cheeked crested gibbon (Nomascus gabriellae) |
According to the common Inter-Forest Rangers Agency for Trang Bom and Thong Nhat Districts, the yellow-cheeked crested gibbons (Nomascus gabriellae) were being illegally held at Pham Viet Toan’s home in Thong Nhat.
Categorized as “endangered” by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and listed in the Red List of Threatened Species, the apes are mainly distributed in Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam.
In Vietnam it was believed to be the most common of the crested gibbons, but a report in 2003 said that five of 15 localities that were the species’ traditional habitats no longer held any populations, according to the IUCN.
The major threats to the gibbon in Vietnam are the pet trade, farm encroachment, and logging, it added.
(Source:TNNews)
