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	Hoolock gibbon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The hoolock gibbons (Hoolock), also known as hoolocks, are two primate species from the family of the gibbons (Hylobatidae).
		Hoolocks are the second largest of the gibbons, after the Siamang.
		The range of the hoolocks is the most northwestern of all the gibbons, extending from northeast India, to Myanmar.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hoolock (440 words)

	Hoolock Gibbon (Bunopithecus hoolock) -J.P. Sati & J.R.B. Alfred
		Hoolock Gibbon (Bunopithecus hoolock) -J.P. Sati and J.R.B. Alfred
		The distribution of the Hoolock gibbon is localized to northeast India, Bangladesh, Myanmar and southern China, between 20° and 28° N, and 99° to 98° E (Fig.1).
		In India Hoolock gibbons are found throughout south of the river Brahmaputra in the states of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura (Tilson, 1979; Mukherjee, 1986; Alfred and Sati, 1986, 1990a, b; Choudhury, 1987, 1988, 1991; Alfred and Sati, 1994).
	www.wii.gov.in /envis/primates/page60hoolock.htm (3091 words)

	Animal Info - Hoolock Gibbon
		A hoolock gibbon family group maintains a definite territory, which is defended by loud and frequent territorial songs.
		The hoolock gibbon was formerly widespread from eastern
		The hoolock gibbon moves either by brachiation, by leaping or jumping between the trees when the distance is not within reach by brachiation, by bipedally walking on tree trunks or on the ground, or by acrobatic and climbing movements on vines and tree trunks.
	www.animalinfo.org /species/primate/hylohool.htm (1178 words)

	Hoolock Gibbon (Hylobates hoolock)
		The average body mass for an adult male hoolock gibbon is around 6.9 kilograms, and for the female it is around 6.4 kilograms (Fleagle, 1988).
		The hoolock gibbon is found in the countries of Bangladesh, Burma, China, and India.
		The hoolock gibbon is a true brachiator which means it moves by suspensory behavior (Fleagle, 1988).
	members.tripod.com /uakari/hylobates_hoolock.html (369 words)

	Fact sheet: Hoolock gibbon, Bunopithecus hoolock (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The hoolock is found in several types of habitats: tropical evergreen forest, the wetter tropical semi-evergreen forests, sub-tropical monsoon evergreen broadleaf forests, and sub-tropical evergreen broadleaf hill or mountain forests.
		Alfred, J.R.B. The hoolock gibbon - Hylobates hoolock.
		Choudhury, A. Ecology of the hoolock gibbon (Hylobates hoolock), a lesser ape in the tropical forests of north-eastern India.
	www.gibbons.de /main2/08teachtext/facthoolock/hoolockfact.html (2757 words)

	Hoolock gibbon - Bunopithecus hoolock: More Information - ARKive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The hoolock gibbon occurs from eastern India (in the forests of Assam) to Bangladesh and southern China (6).
		The hoolock gibbon, like other gibbons, is active during the day, when it feeds on fruit, leaves, shoots, insects and birds' eggs (5).
		Hunting is also a serious pressure on hoolock gibbon populations, as local people prize gibbon meat and bones for food and use in traditional medicine (4).
	www.arkive.org /species/GES/mammals/Bunopithecus_hoolock/more_info.html (870 words)

	EPOW Ecology Picture of the Week -- Hoolock: Forest Man of South Asia
		Hoolock are usually found in undisturbed interior areas of extensive, old tropical forests.
		Hoolock are mostly frugivorous and folivorous -- that is, they eat fruits and leaves -- and there is adequate diversity and density of their preferred foods in this forest patch to sustain them.
		Hoolock are listed as endangered and are the subject of important conservation projects.
	www.taos-telecommunity.org /epow/EPOW-Archive/archive_2006/EPOW-060327.htm (502 words)

	Feature: India
		The Brahmaputra river forms the boundary of the hoolock's distribution in the north and west while the Salween river of Myanmar delimits its eastern distribution.
		The life expectancy of the hoolock gibbon is not known (other gibbon species are known to live for more than 20 years).
		The common predators of the hoolock are the leopard, the clouded leopard and the python.
	www.biosphere-expeditions.org /media/FeatureIndia.html (3417 words)

	Hoolock
		Hoolock gibbons produce a belching growl vocalization, the only gibbon species to do so (Mootnick, et al., 1987).
		This subgenus is characterized by a diploid chromosome number of 38 (Prouty, et al., 1983a, b).
		Taxonomy: The hoolock gibbon is classified into two subspecies.
	www.gibboncenter.org /hoolock.htm (1137 words)

	The Telegraph - North East (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The NGO has identified the important habitats of hoolock gibbons and involved villagers in the protection of these endangered primates.
		Soumyadeep Datta, director of Nature's Beckon, said the hoolock gibbons are facing extinction as several tribes of the region eat the flesh of monkeys and apes.
		These are the hoolock gibbon, slow loris, capped langur, pigtailed macaque, Assamese macaque, rhesus macaque and stump-tailed macaque.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1030710/asp/northeast/story_2148046.asp (340 words)

	Gibbon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The family is divided into four genera based on their diploid chromosome number: Hylobates (44), Hoolock (38), Nomascus (52), and Symphalangus (50).
		The extinct Bunopithecus sericus is an extinct gibbon or gibbon-like ape which, until recently, was thought to be closely related to the Hoolock gibbons.
		Gibbon species include the Siamang, the White-handed or Lar Gibbon, and the Hoolock gibbons.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gibbon (623 words)

	Primate Conservation Workshop in Assam
		After intense discussion in the technical sessions, attendees agreed that populations of hoolock gibbons, golden langurs, and stump-tailed macaques have been dwindling fast in almost all areas of Assam.
		Hoolock gibbons, rhesus macaques, and Assamese macaques are hunted for their flesh.
		Soumyadeep Datta feels that the direct involvement of village communities on the fringes of protected areas through awareness programs, photographic exhibitions, and field training to combat poachers is essential for the successful conservation of primates and their limited remaining habitats in Assam.
	www.ippl.org /05-28-04-05.html (608 words)

	India’s Most Endangered Apes Are Being Slaughtered and Smuggled
		Infant hoolocks of both sexes gradually change from white to fl, the color of adult males; in addition, females change coat color yet again to achieve the yellowish gray that characterizes the adult females.
		The population of hoolock gibbons in the rainforests of the Tinsukia and Dibrugarh districts are dwindling fast due to massive poaching and habitat destruction.
		Nature’s Beckon is launching a vigorous public-awareness campaign and anti-poaching drive to preserve the remaining habitat of the hoolock gibbon in Assam province.
	www.ippl.org /apr-03-07.html (1170 words)

	Aaranyak
		Hoolock Gibbon (Bunopithecus hoolock hoolock) is the only species of ape to be found in India.
		Keeping in view the importance of GWLS as a stronghold of Hoolock gibbon, a program under the title "Conservation of Hoolock Gibbon through Education, Awareness and Socio-economic development of the fringe area community in Gibbon Wild Life Sanctuary, Assam, India" was launched.
		Stickers of Hoolock Gibbon with message " Save Forest Save Gibbon"; Poster of Hoolock Gibbon, Bilingual leaflet with description of Hoolock gibbon in English and Assamese; T-shirts of Hoolock Gibbon and Small Assamese Book on Hoolock Gibbon entitled " Halau" were specially prepared and distributed among the participants and various educational and other institutions.
	www.aaranyak.org /Gibbonproject.htm (775 words)

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		The objective of this project is to investigate the impact of forest fragmentation on the demography and ecology of the hoolock gibbon.
		A wider population survey of hoolock gibbons will also be carried out in Upper Assam over a two-month period towards the end of the study period.
		The results of this study on the status and viability of the hoolock gibbon populations in small forest fragments will be used to draw up a conservation action plan for hoolock gibbons and its fragment habitats.
	www.wcsindia.org /images/newdocs/rsfp/34.DOC (292 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		MSc dissertation - 1997 The endangered hoolock or white-browed gibbon (Hylobates hoolock Harlan 1834), the only ape found in the Indian sub-continent, is restricted to the evergreen rain forests of Northeast India, south of the Brahmaputra River.
		I studied the diet and ranging of two hoolock gibbon groups in a 4.93 sq.km disturbed lowland tropical evergreen rain forest in Eastern Assam, India, between December 1996 and April 1997.
		Other studies on hoolock gibbons have estimated the percentage of fruit in the diet to be between 50-90%.
	www.wcsindia.org /images/newdocs/rsfp/12.DOC (215 words)

	Naturalist
		Distribution: The hoolock gibbon was formerly widespread from eastern India, through Bangladesh to China and south to the Irrawaddy River in Myanmar.
		Hoolocks mate for life, and there are deep social bonds between family members: they groom, play, and sun bask together.
		The mother-infant bond in hoolock gibbons is very strong, with the mother protecting the infant from other family members as well as other species.
	www.newagebd.com /2005/feb/02/nature.html (637 words)

	Welcome to Sentinel
		They have identified the important habitats of hoolocks and involved villagers and civil society for the protection of these endangered primates and their habitats.
		Hoolock gibbon is one of the rarest primates in the world.
		Currently hoolock gibbons conservation work has been concentrated in the most important hoolock gibbon habitats.
	www.sentinelassam.com /sentinel_en/archives/jul1503/regional.htm (1997 words)

	The Assam Tribune online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		This recent initiative of some researchers and scholars have given isolated populations of hoolock gibbons access to new territories, which according to experts, would lead to healthy populations of the species.
		A canopy dwelling ape, its population hovers between 4,000 and 5,000, and among its emergent threats is the defragmentation of forests.
		Recognising the need to conserve the habitat of the hoolock gibbon, the study stresses habitat restoration and manipulation programmes assisted by an awareness programme.
	www.assamtribune.com /dec1004/at09.html (650 words)

	The singing apes
		The world of the hoolock gibbons in the Borajan reserve forest in Assam is dying, thanks to illegal tree-felling.
		Somewhere at least the gibbons would have lived as they were meant to, not just existed.
		Kashmira Kakati studied the hoolock gibbons as part of her M.Sc (Wildlife Science) course at the Wildlife Institute of India, Dehra Dun.
	www.frontlineonnet.com /fl1603/16030650.htm (3339 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Guwahati (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The state zoo is holding parleys with the Aizawl Zoo on an exchange programme wherein the Assam zoo will give away a pair of leopards in exchange of a female hoolock gibbon.
		The Assam state zoo had initiated the proposal as it is eagerly looking for a partner for the male hoolock gibbon.
		The deal is almost settled and there should not be any problem because both zoos are in the same region,” a senior Assam zoo official said.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1050611/asp/guwahati/story_4852206.asp (296 words)

	Conserved chromosome segments in Hylobates hoolock revealed by human and H. leucogenys paint probes - ...
		Conserved chromosome segments in Hylobates hoolock revealed by human and H.
		hoolock autosomes, we identified 62 conserved segments that showed DNA homology to regions of the 25 H.
		hoolock established previously but also helped to correct five erroneous assignments and revealed three new segments.
	content.karger.com /ProdukteDB/produkte.asp?Aktion=ShowAbstract&ProduktNr=224037&Ausgabe=228254&ArtikelNr=56912 (256 words)

	Nature Watch: Gibbons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		It was a troupe of Hoolock Gibbons (Hylobates hoolock), one of our closest relatives in nature.
		Later that day we heard Hoolocks in other parts of the forest, and there seem to be five or more troupes in all (at least 30 individuals).
		For someone having done research in the West African rainforests for the past ten years, this is truly amazing, for here any Hoolock that uttered a ‘hoo’ would immediately be someone’s dinner (and that goes for Chimpanzees and Gorillas as well).
	www.un-bd.org /unwa/HomePage/Publications/womun-vol27/0302/p18-nature.htm (603 words)

	Mizoram Tourism - Wildlife in Mizoram
		Tiger, Elephant, Sambar, Barking deer, Hoolock gibbon and variety of birds.
		The Thorangtlang Wildlife Sanctuary is situated approximately 240 km from Aizawl via Thenzawl village in the Western Part of Mizoram and is adjacent of Dampa.
		The important wild animals and birds found in this Park are Ghoral, Serrow, Barking deer, Sambar, Leopard, Blyth's tragopan, Kaelej Pheasant, Hoolock Gibbon, Common Langur, Rhesus macaque, Stump tail macaque and variety of birds and orchids.
	mizotourism.nic.in /wildlife.htm (607 words)

	CiteULike: Object manipulation to obtain a food reward in hoolock gibbons, Bunopithecus hoolock (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		We assessed whether hoolock gibbons can learn to pull on a rake-like object to gain a food reward, in a zero-order manipulation task, without specific training.
		Their learning style was assessed along with their understanding of the tertiary relationships between the rake, a goal object and an environmental feature.
		Hoolocks used a rake to pull in an out-of-reach food item in less than 90 s on first presentation.
	www.citeulike.org /user/jmc/article/539800 (226 words)

	Hoolock gibbon birth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		A baby hoolock (Bunopithecus hoolock) was reportedly born at the Beijing Zoo.
		Since many years, hoolocks have been kept at the Beijing Zoo, as well as in several other Chinese zoos.
		Nevertheless, according to the zoo report, this is the second time in two decades that hoolocks gave birth at the Beijing Zoo.
	gibbons.de /main/news/0401hoolock_birth.html (103 words)

	Hoolock, The High Wizard of Autumn by Enchantica
		Hoolock, The High Wizard of Autumn by Enchantica
		Without Hoolock and his sister in sorcery, Quillion, the great works of the Lord Waxifrade of Autumn, would not be fulfilled each year.
		This friend to the forests directs his master's influence to command the flowers to fruit and the leaves to turn, earning him great kinship from the Autumn followers.
	www.armiks.com /Enchantica/Wizards___Witches_of_Enchantic/GRW-1__Waxifrade__High_Wizard_/GRW-2__Hoolock__The_High_Wizar/grw-2__hoolock__the_high_wizar.html (178 words)

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