Artist Creator: Adrianus Johannes Bik
Description
Simia leucisca
Date 1790-1872
Notes This object is part of the collection Iconographia Zoologica
Source/Photographer Bik f.ad.nat in inkt. Simia Leucisca in potlood (handschrift Schlegel)
Old Latin name Simia leucisca
New Latin name Hylobates moloch
Common name Nederlands: Zilvergibbon
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Simia_leucisca_-_1790-1872_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBA01_IZA1000078.tif

The silvery gibbon (Hylobates moloch) is a primate in the gibbon family, Hylobatidae. Its coat is bluish-grey in colour, with a dark grey or black cap. Like all gibbons, silvery gibbons lack external tails, have dorsally placed scapulae, and reduced flexibility in their lumbar regions. They have long, curved fingers and very long forelimbs relative to their hind limbs. On average, they reach 8 kg in weight.