gibbon

noun

gib·bon | \ ˈgi-bən

Definition of gibbon

: any of a genus (Hylobates of the family Hylobatidae) of agile brachiating tailless apes of southeastern Asia that are the smallest and most arboreal anthropoid apes

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Recent Examples on the Web The two names with the most votes when the contest ends on Jan. 26 will each be painted on an enrichment item and presented to the baby gibbon’s parents, Parker (mother) and Milo (father). — Megan Becka, cleveland, 12 Jan. 2022 The zoo’s female gibbon, Parker, gave birth on Dec. 9. — Megan Becka, cleveland, 17 Dec. 2021 Species that are currently maybe only a generation away from extinction include the Javan rhino with fewer than 70 left, the Hainan gibbon, a type of ape with fewer than 30 left. — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 30 Sep. 2021 Several months later, the baby gibbon was given her name. — Ally Mauch, PEOPLE.com, 14 June 2021 The Kansas City Zoo is mourning the loss of a baby gibbon. — Ally Mauch, PEOPLE.com, 14 June 2021 The world’s most critically endangered primate, the Hainan gibbon, is barely surviving. — Mary Bates, National Geographic, 15 Oct. 2020 But this is the first example of the rare Hainan gibbon using them. — Lucy Hicks, Science | AAAS, 15 Oct. 2020 With just 30 individuals left, the Hainan gibbon (Nomascus hainanus) is considered the rarest primate on Earth. — Lucy Hicks, Science | AAAS, 15 Oct. 2020 See More

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