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PAGE INDEX 1. Gibbon skull, lateral view 2. Gibbon skull, anterior view 3. Details 4. Web Links |
There are seven species of Gibbon, found in S.E. Asia. They are highly arboreal, being tailless, with very long arms. |
TAXONOMY Order - Primates ('first' group) Suborder - Anthropoidea ('man like') Family - Hylobatidae ('forest walkers') |
Dental Formula : 2.1.2.3 / 2.1.2.3
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1.Gibbon sp. lateral view. |
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2.Gibbon sp, anterior view. |
| Details of Specimens Illustrated |
- Image 1
- Gibbon sp. Hylobates sp.
- Stage - adult
- Died in captivity
- Measurements
Overall length 102mm Zygomatic width 71.1mm Scientific Name : Hylobates - 'forest walker'
- Stage - adult
- Web Links
- UMICH Animal Diversity Web
- Gibbon Network Potentially useful site, but difficult to get to grips with. Partly in German.