Hoolock Gibbons in Saiha
~ A Note of mine that finds place in JBNHS 110 (2); May - August 2013 ~ ~ Many thanks to BNHS ~ ~ Images and video are from Mizoram but not mentioned in the note ~ THE HOOLOCK GIBBON HOOLOCK HOOLOCK IN SAIHA, MIZORAM, INDIA: HISTORICAL RECORDS, RECENT SIGHTINGS AND CONSERVATION ISSUES Introduction The Hoolock Gibbon Hoolock hoolock occurs in the westernmost extreme of the distribution of the 16 gibbon species currently recognized (Geissmann 2007; Kakati et al. 2009). Its range between the Brahmaputra and Chindwin rivers encompasses three countries – Bangladesh, India, and Myanmar (Groves 1967). It is the only ape represented in the Indian subcontinent (Geissmann et al. 2009). The species has been on the list of the World’s 25 Most Endangered Primates since 2006 (Walker et al. 2007), with the global population estimated to be about 5,000 animals, of which 2,600 to 4,450 are in India (Choudhury 2006; Molur et al . 2005) and about 200 in Bangladesh (Ka...