Talk:Gibbon

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: <<Some say the Gibbon wall partitions (New York Metropolitan Museum of Art) reveal the true dual nature of the gibbon: troublesome yet speculative -- a notion that is highly debated to this day.>>
I also note the quality of that editor's other changes to Wikipedia.  The Gibbon wall partitions at the Met may be notable enough for exposition in Wikipedia.  But we would need some citations, such as perhaps a picture from the Met Website.  Nevertheless, even if the Gibbon wall partitions at the Met are both 1) notable and 2) supported, still the Gibbon wall partitions have nothing to do with the "gibbons" that are the small apes in the family Hylobatidae.  Any ideas?  --Rednblu 20:21, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gibbon wall partitions at the Met? 

message: Are gibbons social animals? The article doesn't say.--24.52.254.62 18:56, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, and I've updated the article. - UtherSRG (talk) 19:42, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I would like to know a bit more about that. I noticed the pairing ritual at the zoo where the male approached the female while doing gymnastic tricks and immediately started playing with the females genitale organs. The female rejected the male. A few hours later when we saw these two apes again the female was eating, I noticed that the female didn't share food. The flirting of the male earlier made me think that these animals are socially developed so now I wonder if these animals are socially that developed that they have some leve of empathy. Do gibbons share food? Do they comfort each other when one is afraid? How well are they socially developed compared to gorilla's and elephants?
193.190.253.147 (talk) 02:41, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: social

message: Groves vide Wilson & Reeder (2005) recognized Nomascus hainanus as a separate valid species and treated N. nasutus as a subspecies of N. concolor. This is based on his revision of the gibbon family (Groves, 2001).
Groves, C.P. 2001. Primate Taxonomy. Smithsonian Institute Press: Washington, D.C.
Groves, Colin (16 November 2005). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 178-181. .
Therefore, revise the species listing. 72.194.116.63 02:31, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: However, Geissman revised after that, and Mootnick and Groves revises Hoolock as well. What was here before your edit was more uptodate than your edit, so I revert. - UtherSRG (talk) 04:15, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nomascus hainanus 

message: I rated this article as "high" importance, but I am wondering if it should actually be "top".  Any thoughts? Rlendog (talk) 01:30, 19 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree that it should be top. Any existing ape Family should be of top importance. − Twas Now ( talk • contribs • e-mail ) 22:09, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Assessment

message: (From the article) "One unique aspect of gibbon physiology is that the wrist is composed of a ball and socket joint"
Unique among whom? Primates? All mammals? Might be obvious to a zoologist but to the average reader such as myself...
Hadrian89 (talk) 23:39, 13 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Clarification

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Whoever eventually revamps this article may want to include this information. – VisionHolder « talk » 13:29, 22 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Source for expansion 

message: A new Gibbon is being claimed by some German researchers called the northern buffed-cheeked gibbon. Not sure where to put this but their findings are in a Vietnamese journal of some kind.--Senor Freebie (talk) 01:28, 22 September 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: You will need a citation, as a minimum - ideally one in English, if available, so that the validity of the species can be judged. Anaxial (talk) 19:15, 23 September 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Reference: Thinh, V.N. et al. (2010). A new species of crested gibbon, from the central Annamite mountain range. Vietnamese Journal of Primatology 1 (4): 1–12. Burmeister (talk) 19:20, 23 September 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I just heard it on the news and thought mentioning it might prompt someone else to post a reference if they knew of one. I'm glad someone did!--Senor Freebie (talk) 14:45, 18 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  A new Gibbon 

message: This article says that there are 18 species of gibbon. As I count the number of species in each genus, there are, resp. 7, 4, 4, 1, which add up to 16. I don't know which numbers are incorrect, so I don't want to change anything, but I want to draw attention to this discrepancy.   TomS TDotO (talk) 22:14, 16 January 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: I think you may have miscounted; the article lists the number of species in each genus as Hylobates (7), Nomascus (7), Hoolock (3), Symphalangus (1), which does indeed add up to 18. Anaxial (talk) 18:32, 6 February 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Number of species 

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