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white-handed gibbon white-cheeked gibbon (Nomascus leucogenys) white-handed gibbon white-handed gibbon siamang (Symphalangus syndactylus)
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gibbons (family Hylobatidae) white-handed gibbon
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gibbons (family Hylobatidae)
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What’s the Difference Between Monkeys and Apes?
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A Factory Interior, watercolor, pen and gray ink, graphite, and white goache on wove paper by unknown artist, c. 1871-91; in the Yale Center for British Art. Industrial Revolution England
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Monkeys vs. apes: What's the difference?
When in doubt, check for a tail.
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white-handed gibbon
White-handed gibbon (Hylobates lar).
© Manoj Shah—Stone
white-cheeked gibbon (Nomascus leucogenys)
White-cheeked gibbons (Nomascus leucogenys) are native to Southeast Asia.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
white-handed gibbon
White-handed gibbon (Hylobates lar).
Stockbyte/Thinkstock
white-handed gibbon
White-handed gibbons (Hylobates lar), Gunung Leuser National Park, Indonesia.
Digital Vision/Thinkstock
siamang (Symphalangus syndactylus)
Siamang (Symphalangus syndactylus).
© MaPaSa/Shutterstock.com
gibbons (family Hylobatidae)
Gibbons differ from great apes in a number of physical ways. Some of the more pronounced...
© Sumruay Rattanataipob/Shutterstock.com
white-handed gibbon
White-handed gibbon (Hylobates lar).
Matthias Trautsch
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