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Gibbons
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Gibbons

Hylobatidae

Gibbons are apes in the family Hylobatidae. The family historically contained one genus, but now is split into four genera and 18 species. Gibbons live in tropical and subtropical rainforests from eastern Bangladesh and northeast India to southern China and Indonesia (including the islands of Sumatra, Borneo, and Java).

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4 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 20 known species

Dwarf Gibbons

genusHylobates

Siamangs

genusSymphalangus

Crested Gibbons

genusNomascus

Hoolock Gibbons

genusHoolock

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 43585.