Scientific Name: Nomascus leucogenys

Found In: Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Vietnam and possibly extinct in China (Yunnan – Native)

Diet: Mainly frugivorous (eats fruit); Also eats leaves and flowers

Threat Level: Critically Endangered – Primary threats are deforestation through agricultural intrusion into mountainous areas and fuel-wood and timber extraction from remaining forests.

Facts: Gibbons are strictly arboreal, living in tall, heavily degraded evergreen and semi-evergreen forest.

Virginia Zoo Gibbons: male Dexter and female Henley

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