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White-handed Gibbon
White-handed Gibbon
(Hylobates lar)

 

Specifically, gibbons (lesser apes):

  • Live in the forest canopy and subsist primarily on fruit
  • Move through the forest canopy using a motion that relies on the arms without any assistance from the legs (brachiation)
  • Live in monogamous pairings
  • Both adult males and females provide direct care for offspring
  • Native to Asia
Primates: Lesser Apes
References
Shumaker, R. & Beck, B. (2003) Primates in Question. Smithsonian Institution Press: Washington, D.C.
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