white-handed gibbon
Americannoun
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The species most similar to humans in the study is the white-handed gibbon, with a monogamy rate of 63.5%.
From Science Daily • Jan. 22, 2026
Other BRI routes pose a risk to such iconic animals as the large-antlered muntjac, the Malayan tapir, the white-handed gibbon, the Sumatra serow, and the critically endangered Edwards’s pheasant.
From Science Magazine • Nov. 3, 2021
It’s believed to have killed a white-handed gibbon at Miami’s Metro Zoo in 2004, and a privately held orangutan in the Miami area died after eating infected snails in 2012.
From National Geographic • Mar. 16, 2018
In China, a subspecies called the white-handed gibbon may have gone extinct as well.
From New York Times • Jan. 18, 2017
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