NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Bornean White-bearded Gibbon
Hylobates albibarbis Lyon, 1911
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Bornean white-bearded gibbon, (Hylobates albibarbis) - Tanjung Puting National Park - taken during a photo trip to Indonesia in 2018 - taken by Thomas Fuhrmann, SnowmanStudios - see more pictures on / mehr Aufnahmen auf www.snowmanstudios.de
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Open encyclopedia reference
The Bornean white-bearded gibbon (Hylobates albibarbis), also known as the Bornean agile gibbon or southern gibbon, is a species of gibbon endemic to southern Borneo. It is an endangered species, due to the ongoing logging of tropical forests between the Kapuas and Barito rivers. Additional issues of concern to the endangerment of white-bearded gibbons also threaten other arboreal primates.
The white-bearded gibbon is very similar to other gibbons in their behaviour and their frugivorous diet. The Bornean white-bearded gibbon was formerly considered a subspecies of the agile gibbon but based on recent DNA research, some now classify it as a separate species.
Wikipedia contributors, Bornean white-bearded gibbon; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T12:01:01.629076+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Hylobates albibarbis Lyon, 1911
- Name authority
- Lyon, 1911
- Common name
- Bornean White-bearded Gibbon
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Primates
- Family
- Hylobatidae
- Genus
- Hylobates
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classMammalia Linnaeus, 1758
- subclassTheria Parker & Haswell, 1897
- infraclassEutheria Gill, 1872
- orderPrimates Linnaeus, 1758
- suborderHaplorrhini Pocock, 1918
- infraorderSimiiformes Haeckel, 1866
- superfamilyHominoidea Gray, 1825
- familyHylobatidae Gray, 1871
- genusHylobates Illiger, 1811
- speciesHylobates albibarbis Lyon, 1911
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Hylobates. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Borneo GibbonHylobates muelleri Martin, 1841 | HylobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pileated GibbonHylobates pileatus Gray, 1861 | HylobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Abbott's Gray GibbonHylobates abbotti Kloss, 1929 | HylobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Agile GibbonHylobates agilis F. Cuvier, 1821 | HylobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| East Bornean Gray GibbonHylobates funereus I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1850 | HylobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Kloss's GibbonHylobates klossii (Miller, 1903) | HylobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lar GibbonHylobates lar (Linnaeus, 1771) | HylobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=944283 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3NFRJ. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.