It does not reflect a great number of splits which have occurred since it was produced; for instance, neither Golden-cheeked nor Agile Gibbon are depicted.
It does not reflect a great number of splits which have occurred since it was produced; for instance, neither Golden-cheeked nor Agile Gibbon are depicted.
I don't agree with all the splits which have been proposed for gibbons (e.g. I certainly don't agree with splitting Mueller's Gibbon into three species as has been done recently) - however the Hoolock Gibbon is now two species, the Bornean population of Agile Gibbon is very probably a distinct species, and the Concolor Gibbon as used on this sign is clearly a complex (perhaps as many as seven or eight species).
This sign used to be outside the old Gibbon House,it was assumed by many of us that it had gone the way of a similar one they had for Tapirs,which was thrown on a fire and burnt!!
every time I look at this photo I get strangely irritated by the awkward spacings between the words in the title of the sign, and indeed between the "A" and the "sia" of "S.E.Asia".
I like the idea of showing the diversity of the taxa even if it is outdated. I believe that's why you missed the sign.
Also. Assam is not a country (Hoolock Gibbon).
