### animal | vertebrate | mammal | primate | ape:

Gibbon
* All gibbons are arboreal and diurnal.
* Most gibbons are classified in families
  - consume food
  - drink water
* Most gibbons have arms
  - fur
  - ranges
  - live in families
* Most gibbons produce offspring
  - sound
* Some gibbons eat plants.
* Some gibbons have babies
  - concentration
  - hinds
  - levels
  - predators
  - occupy specialize niches
* also belong to the ape family and they are mostly found in China, India and Indonesia
  - prey on insects , eggs, spiders and small birds and reptiles
* are absolutely dependent upon old growth tropical forests
  - active during the day
* are also adept, however, at walking upright, both on the ground and in the trees
  - endangered
  - from Asia
  - part of the ape family
  - an endangered species, with the white-cheeked variety in particular danger
  - anatomically different from other primates
  - apes, but superficially resemble monkeys more than they do the great apes
  - arboreal animals which means that they spend the majority of their lives in the trees
  - arboreal, which means they live and play in trees
  - brachiators extraordinaire
  - complete tree dwellers, that is, arboreal in nature
* are extremely acrobatic and agile
  - arboreal in nature and almost never come down to the ground
  - found in the rainforests of southeastern Asia
* are highly arboreal
  - important in understanding the evolution of humans and apes
  - known for being noisy
  - mammals
* are monogamous and form life-long pair bonds
  - territorial
  - monogamous, which is very rare in the animal kingdom
  - neither female philopathic nor male philopathic
  - omnivorous animals meaning that they eat a mixture of both plant and animal matter
  - one of only a few species of primates that mate for life
  - pair-bonding with both male and female caring for offspring and defending territory
  - part of apes
  - small apes
  - social animals
  - somewhat unique among the anthropoid apes in that when they walk, they are bipedal
  - the least man-like of the arthropoid apes
* are the most skilled tree-dwellers of all hominoids
  - under-researched of the apes
* are the smallest and lightest apes found in Southeast Asia
  - most agile of the apes
  - ape, yet the most agile
  - apes, weighing approx
* are the smallest of the apes and the most agile
  - and, like the other apes, they have no tails
  - vegetarians and eat mostly vegetables, fruit, and leaves
* are very acrobatic and agile
  - agile, swinging from tree to tree using a form of locomotion called brachiation
  - sensitive to disturbance, which can disrupt their behaviour for several days
  - small and lightweight
  - territorial and live as a family unit
  - wild animals
* avoid crossing water, and major rivers usually separate each gibbon species in the wild.
* can grasp and carry things with both their hands and their feet
  - walk upright
* defend their territories both vocally and physically.
* depend on resources.
* eat leaves and fruit in the wild
  - mainly fruit - in addition, they eat leaves, flowers and insects
* exhibit numerous anatomical specialisations which are linked to their unusual locomotion
  - patterns
* feed at dawn and in the afternoon when the temperatures are more comfortable.
* have a hairless face with dark eyes, small nostrils, and jet-black skin
  - large range that extends over almost all of Southeast Asia
  - loud hooting call and the siamangs are one of the loudest
  - monogamous social structure
  - arms so long that they can touch the ground even when standing erect
  - favorite trees to sleep in
  - lightweight bones
  - little sexual dimorphism in body size, with the exception of siamangs
  - long arms and no tail
* have very long arms which are often longer than the gibbon's legs
  - arms, which they use to swing from branch to branch
* includes brains
  - breasts
  - cell membranes
  - cells
  - chest cavities
  - chests
  - corpi
  - cytoplasm
  - ears
  - faces
  - heads
  - nuclei
  - pedal extremities
  - piluses
  - plasma membranes
  - rib cages
  - sections
  - skulls
  - sterna
  - vacuoles
  - vertebrate feet
* is an ape
* live and breed happily.
  - old growth tropical rain forests in southeast Asia
* live in small family groups consisting of the mated pair and their immature offspring
  - made up of a mated pair and their young offspring
  - units, and claim a certain area of the forest as their territory
* love fruit.
* normally form groups consisting of an adult monogamous pair and two young.
* produce loud and long song bouts
  - the most complex songs of all land mammals
* range in color from brown to black
  - light sandy blonde to dark brown
* share their food with each other, often the same piece of fruit
  - treetops
* show a preference for fleshy, sugary fruit and figs
  - no signs of sexual dimorphism that is common in many other primates
* sleep upright.
* spend almost all of their time in the treetops of the rainforest
  - their entire lives in the tall trees of tropical rainforests
* thrive on the abundant fruit trees in their tropical range, and are especially fond of figs.
* use a highly specialized mode of locomotion called brachiation.
* usually produce only a single offspring.
+ Gibbon, Extraordinary abilities: Apes
  * Gibbons are known to be the best tree travelers in the animal kingdom. They almost seem to be flying as they swing themselves hand over hand through the trees. Like great apes, gibbons can also walk upright on the ground. When they walk on the ground, gibbons hold their long arms in the air to keep them from dragging. Pous, Dinora 'Blue Planet Level 5'
  - Much work to do!
  * Gibbons stay busy for most of the day. They swing through the trees, looking for leaves, flowers, fruit, and insects to eat. When night falls, small groups settle down in familiar trees for a good night's rest