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Sign in to savethumb|Gibbon Rehabilitation Project, 2013 Gibbons () are apes in the family Hylobatidae (; hylobatids). The family historically contained one genus, but now is split into four extant genera and 20 species. Gibbons live in subtropical and tropical forests from eastern Bangladesh and Northeast India to Southeast Asia and Indonesia (including the islands of Sumatra, Borneo and Java).
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Gibbons are apes belonging to the family Hylobatidae, which includes four genera and 20 species that live in subtropical and tropical forests across Southeast Asia, from eastern Bangladesh and Northeast India through Indonesia. They are important members of their forest ecosystems and have become subjects of conservation efforts, as evidenced by rehabilitation projects aimed at protecting these animals.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Hominoidea
- Mass
- +8.5
- Image
- Hylobates syndactylus1.jpg
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- P105
- family
- P910
- Category:Gibbons
- P3512
- brachiation
- P1889
- Gibbons
- P7603
- Appendix I of CITES
- P5008
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13 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Evolutionary history
- Taxonomy
- Extinct genera
- Hybrids
- Description
- Behavior
- Diet
- Genetics
- Conservation status
- In traditional Chinese culture
- References
- External links
thumb|Gibbon Rehabilitation Project, 2013 Gibbons () are apes in the family Hylobatidae (; hylobatids). The family historically contained one genus, but now is split into four extant genera and 20 species. Gibbons live in subtropical and tropical forests from eastern Bangladesh and Northeast India to Southeast Asia and Indonesia (including the islands of Sumatra, Borneo and Java).
Also called the lesser apes, gibbons differ from the great apes (chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans and humans) in being smaller, exhibiting low sexual dimorphism, and not making nests. Like all of the apes, gibbons are tailless. Unlike most of the great apes, gibbons frequently form long-term pair bonds. Their primary mode of locomotion, brachiation, involves swinging from branch to branch for distances up to , at speeds as fast as . They can also make leaps up to , and walk bipedally with their arms raised for balance. They are the fastest of all tree-dwelling, nonflying mammals.