Ground feeding observations on corn (Zea mays) by eastern hoolock gibbon (Hoolock leuconedys)

Hoolock gibbons (genus Hoolock) inhabit primary tropical evergreen and subtropical semi-evergreen rainforests and also semi-deciduous forests of Southeast Asia super(1), extending from Brahmaputra River east to the Salween River super(2). Globally, they are widely distributed in different forest typ...

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Published in:Current science (Bangalore) 2013-03, Vol.104 (5), p.587-589
Main Authors: Sarma, Kuladip, Kumar, Awadhesh, Krishna, C. Murali, Tripathi, O. P., Gajurel, P. R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Coniferous forests
Corn
Crops
Diet
Habitat fragmentation
Montane forests
Primates
SCIENTIFIC CORRESPONDENCE
Trees
Tropical forests
Tropical rain forests
Zea mays
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Summary:Hoolock gibbons (genus Hoolock) inhabit primary tropical evergreen and subtropical semi-evergreen rainforests and also semi-deciduous forests of Southeast Asia super(1), extending from Brahmaputra River east to the Salween River super(2). Globally, they are widely distributed in different forest types from the foothills to the mountains in Northeast (NE) India, South China, Bangladesh and Myanmar between lat. 20-28 degree N and long. 98-99 degree E. Two distinct species of hoolock gibbons are recorded from India, viz. western hoolock gibbon (Hoolock hoolock) and eastern hoolock gibbon (Hoolock leuconedys). In India, H. hoolock is distributed throughout the seven NE states except Sikkim super(3), while H. leuconedys is only reported in protected and unprotected lowland tropical evergreen and semi-evergreen forest areas of Lohit and Lower Dibang Valley districts in Arunachal Pradesh and the eastern most part of Assam as well as south bank of Brahmaputra-Dibang river system super(4,5).
ISSN:0011-3891