Animal facts-Gibbon

In this post I will talk about the Gibbon.

Gibbons are mammals and they are omnivores. They can live up to 25 years in the wild. They can grow up to 17-25 in. long. Their weight can be 9 to 29 lbs. The group name for gibbons is family. They live in the dense forests in Southern Asia. They have strong, hooked hands for grasping branches. They have powerful limbs for jumping to one tree to another. They have a long coat, which varies from black to brown. Most of the species are endangered. They live most of there time in the trees. They can move though the jungle trees at 35 miles an hour. There are 15 recognized species of gibbons ranging from Northeastern India to Southern China to Borneo. The largest species are known as Siamangs, and they can grow up to 29 lbs. Smaller species of gibbons only weight up to 9 lbs. Their diet is leaves, insects and figs. Gibbons are monogamous (a rare trait among primates) and live in family groups consisting of an adult pair and their young offspring. The family will stake out a territory and defend it using loud, haunting calls that can echo for miles throughout the forest. Mated pairs, and even whole families, will sing long, complex songs together. Some species have even adapted large throat pouches to amplify their calls. Poachers often follow the Borneo gibbon's territorial call right to its location. These primates are the most threatened primates on earth because of their habitats disappearing, they are being captured and sold and killed for the use in traditional medicines. 

Here is the picture of the Gibbon. The website that I found this is en.wikipedia.org.