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

Exact numbers of individuals are unknown, but Skywalkers were identified in areas previously thought to be occupied by the Eastern hoolock gibbon.

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

Specifically, “Gibbon: Beyond the Trees” became a rescue mission to save a young gibbon, the latter an addition that came solely via the team’s research.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2022

Professor Owen, who is likewise a musician, confirms the foregoing statement, and remarks that this gibbon “alone of brute mammals may be said to sing.”

From The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex Volume II (1st Edition) by Darwin, Charles