Key Identification Features
- Males retain this black coloration for their entire lives, and have distinct golden cheeks.
- A distinctive white, often shaggy ring of hair around the head is present in both males and females.
- Description and life history: The Bornean white-bearded gibbon, Hylobates albibarbis, typically has grey or dark brown fur, a black face, and a white beard.
- Males have entirely black body hair, distinct white cheek patches, a prominent hair tuft on the crown of the head, and a gular sac.
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