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title: "Pileated Gibbon"
description: "Hylobates pileatus — Mammiferi. The pileated gibbon (Hylobates pileatus) is a primate in the gibbon family, Hylobatidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/pileated-gibbon
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Pileated Gibbon

> Hylobates pileatus — Mammiferi. The pileated gibbon (Hylobates pileatus) is a primate in the gibbon family, Hylobatidae.

- Scientific name: *Hylobates pileatus*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammiferi)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta), `jungle` (Giungla)
- iNaturalist observations: 233
- Wikidata: [Q301053](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q301053)
- iNaturalist taxon: [43596](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/43596)

## Names

- en: Pileated Gibbon
- de: Kappengibbon
- es: Gibón de Sonda Crestado
- fr: Gibbon à bonnet
- nl: Zwartkoplar
- pl: Gibon czapnik

## Countries with the most observations

TH (97), KH (83)

## Summary

The pileated gibbon (Hylobates pileatus) is a primate in the gibbon family, Hylobatidae.
The pileated gibbon has sexual dimorphism in fur coloration: males have purely black fur, while females have buff-coloured or white-grey fur with only the belly and head black. The white and often shaggy hair ring around the head is common to both sexes.

The species has been identified as endangered and is listed in CITES Appendix I. Their main threat is habitat destruction, with the natural forest they live in being converted into farmland. This has led to local extinction in some areas. Also, like many other primate species…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pileated_gibbon

## Photo

![Pileated Gibbon](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/pileated-gibbon/medium.jpg)

Photo: Steven Smethurst · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/67919899

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/pileated-gibbon?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).