This genetic study and other recent research by an international team from UCL, the Zoological Society of London, Bawangling National Nature Reserve and Kadoorie Conservation China, suggest that the long-term recovery of the Hainan gibbon will require intensive management and new strategies may have to be developed to ensure their survival.
One option is to relocate some individuals to new areas of Hainan Island. But this is risky: without buy-in from local people and the authorities, a new gibbon population would be threatened by hunting or deforestation — the same forces that caused their demise in the first place.
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Females and youngsters seemed most willing to use the bridge, possibly because adult males are strong enough to leap over the gap, Chan speculates. An estimated 2, Hainan gibbons remained in the wild during the s, but by the s, habitat loss and hunting had slashed their number to 10 individuals. In a drastic effort to save the species, the Hainan Gibbon Conservation Project monitored and researched those last holdouts, patrolled their territories for hunters, and planted trees.
With the three-fold increase in their numbers today, the future for the Hainan gibbons is still precarious. Attempts to breed the species in captivity have failed. She adds the canopy bridge could inspire other conservationists working to protect rare arboreal animals.
Would you also like to do something to help the gibbons? Then support our work by donating or becoming a member! Species Estimated Population. As in all crested gibbons genus Nomascus the fur of adult males is black, that of adult females is yellowish. About 25 indiviudals of this species survive in the Bawangling National Nature Reserve, i. This gibbon is, therefore, the rarest primate species of the world. The eastern black crested gibbons only survives in one forest area extending from northeastern Vietnam Cao Bang Province to neigbouring China Guangxi Province.
Only about individuals survive in the last piece of remaining habitat. This gibbon is, therefore, the second-rarest primate species of the world.
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