Bornean white-bearded gibbon [SEP] IUCN conservation status
Bornean white-bearded gibbon
The Bornean white-bearded gibbon, ("Hylobates albibarbis"), also known as the Bornean agile gibbon or southern gibbon, is an endangered species of gibbon endemic to southern Borneo due to the undergoing logging of the tropical forests, between the Kapuas and Barito rivers. Additional issues are of concern to the endangerment of white-bearded gibbons and threatening to other arboreal primates.
The white-bearded gibbon is very similar to other gibbons in their behavior and their frugivorous diet. The Bornean
clawed otter, masked palm civet, otter civet, agile gibbon, southern pig-tailed macaque, crab-eating macaque, silvered leaf monkey, greater mouse deer, lesser mouse deer, wild boar, Bornean bearded pig, sambar deer, and previously the critically endangered Sumatran tiger. The reserve is also an important wetland for a number of bird species, including Storm's stork, white-winged duck and the great hornbill.
Conservation and threats.
Before the area was set aside for a wetland reserve in April