gibbon
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The virus, according to a report in Nature, was first isolated in 1945 from a gibbon in Florida.
From BBC • Nov. 4, 2025
Skywalker gibbon couples wake up each morning and sing to each other, their voices echoing across the forest canopy of their home.
From Science Daily • Feb. 14, 2024
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
Working, for instance, with gibbon rehabilitation groups in Thailand altered the story of the game.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2022
One peculiar difference may be pointed out,—the walking gibbon stretches out its great long arms to the sides in order to preserve its balance.
From The Doctrine of Evolution Its Basis and Its Scope by Crampton, Henry Edward
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East Asia - Middle School
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