gibbon
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Above the patter of rain cascading through the jungle canopy comes the haunting call of a pileated gibbon singing to fend off intruders in Cambodia's Cardamom Mountains.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
The species most similar to humans in the study is the white-handed gibbon, with a monogamy rate of 63.5%.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 22, 2026
The virus, according to a report in Nature, was first isolated in 1945 from a gibbon in Florida.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2025
The park has held off on an expansion of its gibbon pen, a big project that would have given the playful primates more space, but would have also required taking out a loan.
From New York Times ● Nov. 2, 2023
The gibbon, however, differs more vastly from the gorilla than that differs from man.
From Thomas Henry Huxley; A Sketch Of His Life And Work by Mitchell, P. Chalmers (Peter Chalmers)
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East Asia - Middle School
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East Asia - Introductory
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East Asia - High School
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