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: any of a family (Hylobatidae) of agile brachiating tailless apes of southeastern Asia that are the smallest and most arboreal anthropoid apes
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Camera traps recorded squirrels, langur monkeys and macaques, followed by gibbons — a promising sign.
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CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026
Older kids will enjoy learning fun facts about how gibbons announce themselves to the jungle or how dyeing poison dart frogs emit toxic chemicals.
—Susan McDonald, The Providence Journal, 26 Mar. 2026
His death is the second gibbon at the Sacramento Zoo in March.
—Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 23 Mar. 2026
The remixing of the ancient lineages then supported the modern gibbons' genetic health and enabled population regrowth.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 16 Feb. 2026
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CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026
Older kids will enjoy learning fun facts about how gibbons announce themselves to the jungle or how dyeing poison dart frogs emit toxic chemicals.
—Susan McDonald, The Providence Journal, 26 Mar. 2026
His death is the second gibbon at the Sacramento Zoo in March.
—Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 23 Mar. 2026
The remixing of the ancient lineages then supported the modern gibbons' genetic health and enabled population regrowth.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 16 Feb. 2026
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“Gibbon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gibbon. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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gibbon
noun
gib·bon
ˈgib-ən 
: any of several tailless apes of southeastern Asia that are smaller and spend more time in trees than the gorilla, chimpanzee, and orangutan
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