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Hypertrichosis in a gibbon ( Hylobates muelleri )
Author(s) -
Geissmann Thomas
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of medical primatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.31
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1600-0684
pISSN - 0047-2565
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0684.1993.tb00677.x
Subject(s) - hypertrichosis , hylobates , pathological , medicine , dermatology , zoology , biology , pathology
A case of facial hypertrichosis in a museum specimen of a Bornean gibbon ( Hylobates muelleri ) is described. Apparently, hypertrichosis has not previously been reported to occur in nonhuman primates. Similar pathological conditions are known to occur in humans, but it is unknown whether any of the numerous forms of human hypertrichosis is equivalent to this case in gibbons.