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Lar Gibbon
(Hylobates lar)

Lar GibbonHabitat: tropical rainforest canopy
Range: Indochina, China, Thailand, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra
Natural Diet: fruit, flower buds, vegetation, eggs, insects

Status In The Wild:  Threatened

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Fun Animal Facts

Gibbons are monogamous, meaning they have a single mate. They live in small family groups with male actively participating in rearing offspring. their distinct call or song is used to defend their territory and to attract a mate. Brachiation, or swinging hand-over-hand through trees, is their primary method of travel through the forest canopy. Gibbons can easily span a gap of 30 feet between one tree and another but, because they cannot swim, they avoid crossing open water.