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Kloss's Gibbon

Hylobates klossii

Order
Primates
Family
Hylobatidae
Genus
Hylobates
IUCN status
EN
Distribution
Indonesia
Realm
Indomalaya

Other names: Dwarf Gibbon|Mentawai Gibbon

About this species

Size
43–64cm
Weight
At most about 5.9kg
Range
Mentawai Islands, off Sumatra

Kloss's gibbon, also known as the Mentawai gibbon, the bilou or the dwarf siamang, is a primate in the gibbon family. It is all black, resembling the siamang but considerably smaller and lacking the siamang's distinctive throat pouch. It reaches 43–64 cm and weighs at most about 5.9 kg. Like all gibbons it has long arms and no tail, and males and females are difficult to tell apart (Wikipedia, general species account).

Description: Wildlife of Sumatra guide, Wildlife of Everywhere (wildlifeofeverywhere.com); general species information paraphrased from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)

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