Capped gibbon

Weight

5.44 kg – 5.66 kg

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

37 years – 57 years

Diet

Frugivore

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

Not recorded

Gestation

216 days

Young per litter or clutch

1

Age at maturity

5 years – 7 years

Litters or clutches a year

0.5

Active

By day (diurnal)

Lifestyle

Arboreal

Conservation status

Not recorded

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classMammalia
4. orderPrimates
5. familyHylobatidae
6. genusHylobates
7. SpeciesHylobates pileatus Gray, 1861

Catalogue of Life

EN, Endangered

Lar gibbon

Hylobates lar

Hylobatidae

O

Owa Jawa

Hylobates moloch

HylobatidaeNo free photo yet

G

Grey gibbon

Hylobates muelleri

HylobatidaeNo free photo yet

A

Agile gibbon

Hylobates agilis

HylobatidaeNo free photo yet

D

Dwarf gibbon

Hylobates klossii

HylobatidaeNo free photo yet

B

Bornean agile gibbon

Hylobates albibarbis

HylobatidaeNo free photo yet

CompareCapped gibbon vs Lar gibbonCapped gibbon vs Owa JawaCapped gibbon vs Grey gibbonCapped gibbon vs Agile gibbon

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@misc{capped_gibbon_2026,
  title = {Capped gibbon (Hylobates pileatus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/capped-gibbon},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}