Kloss's gibbon
E1251828
UNEXPLORED
Kloss's gibbon is a small, dark-furred, and highly vocal primate species of gibbon found only in the Mentawai Islands off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hylobates klossii | 1 |
| Hylobates leucogenys | 1 |
| Kloss gibbon | 1 |
| Kloss's gibbon canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17104304 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kloss's gibbon Context triple: [Mentawai Islands, hasEndemicSpecies, Kloss's gibbon]
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A.
Javan gibbon
The Javan gibbon is an endangered, arboreal primate endemic to the forests of Java, Indonesia, known for its loud territorial songs and brachiating locomotion through the forest canopy.
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B.
hoolock gibbon
The hoolock gibbon is an endangered arboreal ape native to the forests of Northeast India, Bangladesh, and Myanmar, known for its loud territorial songs and distinctive white eyebrow markings.
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C.
L'Hoest's monkey
L'Hoest's monkey is a forest-dwelling Old World monkey native to the montane and lowland rainforests of Central Africa, known for its dark fur and distinctive white bib.
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D.
Thomas’s leaf monkey
Thomas’s leaf monkey is a distinctive, long-tailed colobine primate native to the forests of northern Sumatra, known for its striking facial markings and arboreal, leaf-eating lifestyle.
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E.
Mentawai macaque
The Mentawai macaque is a threatened primate species of macaque found only on Indonesia’s Mentawai Islands, known for its distinctive appearance and highly social, forest-dwelling lifestyle.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kloss's gibbon Target entity description: Kloss's gibbon is a small, dark-furred, and highly vocal primate species of gibbon found only in the Mentawai Islands off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia.
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A.
Javan gibbon
The Javan gibbon is an endangered, arboreal primate endemic to the forests of Java, Indonesia, known for its loud territorial songs and brachiating locomotion through the forest canopy.
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B.
hoolock gibbon
The hoolock gibbon is an endangered arboreal ape native to the forests of Northeast India, Bangladesh, and Myanmar, known for its loud territorial songs and distinctive white eyebrow markings.
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C.
L'Hoest's monkey
L'Hoest's monkey is a forest-dwelling Old World monkey native to the montane and lowland rainforests of Central Africa, known for its dark fur and distinctive white bib.
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D.
Thomas’s leaf monkey
Thomas’s leaf monkey is a distinctive, long-tailed colobine primate native to the forests of northern Sumatra, known for its striking facial markings and arboreal, leaf-eating lifestyle.
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E.
Mentawai macaque
The Mentawai macaque is a threatened primate species of macaque found only on Indonesia’s Mentawai Islands, known for its distinctive appearance and highly social, forest-dwelling lifestyle.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Kloss's gibbon
linked to: Kloss's gibbon
linked to: Kloss's gibbon