Transcript Gibbon

by : Marianne Van der Veken
Phicical Description
The gibbon is a slender animal
with a small, round head and
soft, woolly fur.
Its most notable
characteristic is its long
arms, by which it swings
from tree to tree with great
agility, using its hands as
hooks rather than grasping
the limbs.
A large gibbon stands 75 to
90 cm (30 to 35 in) high; the
arm span is nearly twice as
long. The gibbon is the only
anthropoid ape to walk on its
hind limbs only, usually
raising its arms for balance.
Gibbons are monogamous;
the young, born singly,
remain with the family group
until they are five or six years
old.
¿ Where they live?
They occur in tropical and
subtropical rainforests from
northeast India to Indonesia
and north to southern
China, including the islands
of Sumatra, Borneo and
Java.
Gibbons are omnivores (eating
plants and meat). They forage
for food in the forests during
the day, eating fruit (which
constitutes about 75% of their
diet), leaves, flowers, seeds,
tree bark, and tender plant
shoots. They also eat insects,
spiders, bird eggs, and small
birds.
¿What do they eat ?
They eat leaves, fruit, flower parts,
insects, spiders, birds, and birds'
eggs.
Reproduccion
Gibbon mates usually stay together for life. They are fully grown and able to reproduce at 1213 years old. Female gibbons are pregnant for about 7 months and usually have a single baby
at a time; twins are rare. Newborn gibbons are hairless except for a small cap of fur on the top
of the head.
Female gibbons carefully nurture their young. Babies can grasp their mother's fur to cling to
the mother's belly soon after birth. They are weaned at about 1 year old. Young gibbons stay
with their mother for about 6 years. The young then venture out (or are forced out by the same
sex parent) to start a new family group of their own.
Amazing Facts
• About nine species of gibbons exist
one of them is the silvery gibbon, other
is the white gibbon and other is the
black gibbon.
The largest gibbon is the siamang
of Malaysia and Sumatra.