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Gibbon
| Gibbons [1][2] Temporal range: Miocene to Recent
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| Lar gibbon (Hylobates lar): female left, male right | |
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| Family: | Hylobatidae Gray, 1870
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Gibbons belong to the group of lesser apes. They are known for their ability to swing from one tree to another with great agility and swiftness.
There are four genera of gibbons. Gibbons live in dense tropical forests, for example, in Sumatra, Thailand, and Malaysia.[3]
- ↑ Groves, Colin 2005. Wilson D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds) Mammal Species of the World. 3rd ed, Johns Hopkins University Press, 178–181. [1] ISBN 0-801-88221-4
- ↑ Mootnick A. & Groves C.P. (2005). "A new generic name for the hoolock gibbon (Hylobatidae)". International Journal of Primatology. 26 (4): 971–976. doi:10.1007/s10764-005-5332-4. S2CID 8394136.
- ↑ Groves C.P. 2005; Wilson D.E. & Reeder D.M. (eds) Mammal Species of the World: A taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd ed. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 178–181. ISBN 0-801-88221-4
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