johnstoni
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I just read that the Isle of Wight zoo are looking after two Vietnamese 'white-faced' gibbons for paradise wildlife park. They look like crested gibbons, so I'm assuming they would be Hylobates leucongenys, the white-cheeked, the same as the one at London and the group at Twycross.
This species is often referred to as the 'concolor' gibbon, (or northern concolor) which I find confusing as actual Hylobates concolor are rare in captivity. 'Concolor' gibbons used to be housed at combe martin from what I can tell, these have long gone, and I would guess them to have been white-cheeked rather than H. concolor. Does anybody know which species of gibbon were held at Penscynor. Certainly they may have had at least pileated or agile gibbons into the early 1980s.
So IOW zoo, Rare Species conservation centre, London and Twycross appear to have this species right now in the UK. Unless the two males destined for Paradise Wildlife Park are the two males from Kent, which would mean the Rare Species Conservation Centre may already have had its pileated gibbons arrive. Does anyone know if the London animal will stay with the hybrid mate?
Monkey world, twycross and Howletts/Port Lympne appear to be the main gibbon breeding/holding centres in the UK right now. It's amazing that monkeyworld hold ten of the 14 buff-cheeked and 4 of the 6 muellers (unless ISIS are incorrect with regard to the other institutions holding these 2 species).
I always though paignton had a very large collection of gibbons, I suppose they must have dwindled over the years. Similarly, I am pretty sure Banham used to have at least mueller's or another unusual gibbon species until recently, does anyone know what happened to them? I'm guessing there are no more Kloss's at Twycross.
The more familiar siamang appears to be doing well in UK zoos right now, as does the lar. But I wonder what the recommendations are for lar gibbons, as there is a great deal of speculation around the possible subspecies, yet the majority of captive stock appear to be generic.
This species is often referred to as the 'concolor' gibbon, (or northern concolor) which I find confusing as actual Hylobates concolor are rare in captivity. 'Concolor' gibbons used to be housed at combe martin from what I can tell, these have long gone, and I would guess them to have been white-cheeked rather than H. concolor. Does anybody know which species of gibbon were held at Penscynor. Certainly they may have had at least pileated or agile gibbons into the early 1980s.
So IOW zoo, Rare Species conservation centre, London and Twycross appear to have this species right now in the UK. Unless the two males destined for Paradise Wildlife Park are the two males from Kent, which would mean the Rare Species Conservation Centre may already have had its pileated gibbons arrive. Does anyone know if the London animal will stay with the hybrid mate?
Monkey world, twycross and Howletts/Port Lympne appear to be the main gibbon breeding/holding centres in the UK right now. It's amazing that monkeyworld hold ten of the 14 buff-cheeked and 4 of the 6 muellers (unless ISIS are incorrect with regard to the other institutions holding these 2 species).
I always though paignton had a very large collection of gibbons, I suppose they must have dwindled over the years. Similarly, I am pretty sure Banham used to have at least mueller's or another unusual gibbon species until recently, does anyone know what happened to them? I'm guessing there are no more Kloss's at Twycross.
The more familiar siamang appears to be doing well in UK zoos right now, as does the lar. But I wonder what the recommendations are for lar gibbons, as there is a great deal of speculation around the possible subspecies, yet the majority of captive stock appear to be generic.
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