Agile Gibbon vs Tickclover

Hylobates agilis compared with Desmodium incanum

Key Differences

• Agile Gibbon is Endangered while Tickclover is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Agile Gibbon	Tickclover
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Hylobatidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Hylobates	Desmodium
Species	Hylobates agilis	Desmodium incanum

Conservation Status

Agile Gibbon

EN — Endangered

Tickclover

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Agile Gibbon	Tickclover
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Agile Gibbon

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Tickclover

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (10 countries), Asia (Japan), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (12 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Agile Gibbon

The Agile Gibbon (Hylobates agilis) is a species in the genus Hylobates. It is currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.