White-Handed Gibbon
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Hylobatidae
Weight: About 6 kg
Height: About 41 cm
Body length: 42-58 cm
Color: Varies from sandy and yellow to brown and blackish, with the upper part of the hands and feet being white.
Age of sexual maturity: Females at 6-8 years, males at 9 years
Gestation period: 7 months
Lifespan: Up to 30-44 years
Habitat: Southeast Asia, including Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Thailand
Diet: Predominantly plant-based. White-handed gibbons are very selective about their food, carefully inspecting and tasting what they plan to eat. They consume only ripe fruits, young leaves, and buds, with high-calorie wild fig fruits being their favorite treat.
Did you know?
- From three to five in the afternoon, gibbons take a post-lunch rest, lounging motionless on a branch and enjoying the warmth and tranquility.
- Gibbon parents, much like humans, pre-select and maintain a territory for their offspring to settle with their own family.
- Gibbons share two other similarities with humans: they have 32 teeth and three blood groups—A, B, and AB.
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