World's Last Group of Cao Vit Gibbon and Their Last Home  

出　　处：《Bulletin of the Chinese Academy of Sciences》2013年第4期208-209,共2页中国科学院院刊（英文版）

摘　　要：With a known population of only 110 individuals,the cao vit gibbon,also named eastern black crested gibbon,is one of the rarest ape species in the world,second only to its closest relative the Hainan gibbon.They were once considered distinct in the 1960s,but were rediscovered along the northern border of Vietnam in 2002.According to an updated survey conducted by the research team of Fauna and Flora International’sWith a known population of only 110 individuals, the cao vit gibbon, also named eastern black crested gibbon, is one of the rarest ape species in the world, second only to its closest relative the Hainan gibbon. They were once considered distinct in the 1960s, but were rediscovered along the northern border of Vietnam in 2002. According to an updated survey conducted by the research team of Fauna and Flora International＇s Vietnam primate program, 129 cao vit gibbon individuals have been recorded from one patch of karst forest on the China- Vietnam border and indicate a 17% increase in population since the censors of 2007.

关 键 词：黑冠长臂猿 维生素 世界 野生动植物保护 喀斯特森林 人口增长 越南 灵长类 

分 类 号：S863[农业科学—野生动物驯养]