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I removed this edit for comment here.
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)
Are gibbons social animals? The article doesn't say.-- 24.52.254.62 18:56, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
193.190.253.147 ( talk) 02:41, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
Is there a collective noun for a group of gibbons?-- 88.105.124.56 ( talk) 20:58, 6 December 2009 (UTC) No, there is no collective noun for a group of gibbons. Though I'm sure a "troop" would work, as it works for chimpanzees. Fayrfayr ( talk) 04:28, 15 August 2015 (UTC)
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. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
Therefore, revise the species listing. 72.194.116.63 02:31, 22 February 2007 (UTC) Vahe Demirjian 18.28 21 February 2007.
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)
(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)
As the lower arm consists of paired bones and the hand even more, it is difficult to understand how all these are articulated using "a ball and socket" - this really needs some better explantion and convincing citation.-- 88.105.124.56 ( talk) 20:57, 6 December 2009 (UTC)
I have added a few requests for citations with reasons. The quality of the entire section is questionable, but I stopped myself from getting more triggered where it continues to state that gibbons have hands with fingers and thumb, like, er, primates? It just goes on and on! Surprised to see no one has improved that in fifteen years since the two complaints above. 2A02:A473:FE0C:1:86DE:5B4:2B88:E36 ( talk) 14:25, 11 May 2024 (UTC)
A new study can be read about here, discussing new material from:
Whoever eventually revamps this article may want to include this information. – VisionHolder « talk » 13:29, 22 July 2010 (UTC)
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)
I removed this section: "The male gibbon sometimes ends up with some dark patches in the white to show it is a suitable choice for mating. vague" as there is no citation and "this makes no sense. Gibbons are all different colours, i.e. different species have different pelages, some are sexually or not sexually dichromatic. There is no “white” gibbon. Gibbon pelage does change on maturity in some taxa, which may act as a signal of sexual maturity", as quoted from an email from Dr Benjamin Rawson, one of the foremost gibbon experts ( "IUCN SSC PSG Section on Small Apes". Retrieved 15 August 2015.)
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)
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I removed this edit for comment here.
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)
Are gibbons social animals? The article doesn't say.-- 24.52.254.62 18:56, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
193.190.253.147 ( talk) 02:41, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
Is there a collective noun for a group of gibbons?-- 88.105.124.56 ( talk) 20:58, 6 December 2009 (UTC) No, there is no collective noun for a group of gibbons. Though I'm sure a "troop" would work, as it works for chimpanzees. Fayrfayr ( talk) 04:28, 15 August 2015 (UTC)
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. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
Therefore, revise the species listing. 72.194.116.63 02:31, 22 February 2007 (UTC) Vahe Demirjian 18.28 21 February 2007.
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)
(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)
As the lower arm consists of paired bones and the hand even more, it is difficult to understand how all these are articulated using "a ball and socket" - this really needs some better explantion and convincing citation.-- 88.105.124.56 ( talk) 20:57, 6 December 2009 (UTC)
I have added a few requests for citations with reasons. The quality of the entire section is questionable, but I stopped myself from getting more triggered where it continues to state that gibbons have hands with fingers and thumb, like, er, primates? It just goes on and on! Surprised to see no one has improved that in fifteen years since the two complaints above. 2A02:A473:FE0C:1:86DE:5B4:2B88:E36 ( talk) 14:25, 11 May 2024 (UTC)
A new study can be read about here, discussing new material from:
Whoever eventually revamps this article may want to include this information. – VisionHolder « talk » 13:29, 22 July 2010 (UTC)
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)
I removed this section: "The male gibbon sometimes ends up with some dark patches in the white to show it is a suitable choice for mating. vague" as there is no citation and "this makes no sense. Gibbons are all different colours, i.e. different species have different pelages, some are sexually or not sexually dichromatic. There is no “white” gibbon. Gibbon pelage does change on maturity in some taxa, which may act as a signal of sexual maturity", as quoted from an email from Dr Benjamin Rawson, one of the foremost gibbon experts ( "IUCN SSC PSG Section on Small Apes". Retrieved 15 August 2015.)
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)
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