Agile Gibbon (Hylobates agilis)

Name of the species: Agile Gibbon (Hylobates Agilis)

These are sub-species of Agile Gibbon

Classification: Gibbons are apes in the family Hylobatidae

Habitats:

• Thailand(south region)
• Malaysia
• Indonesia(Sumatra Island)

Adaptations: With its long arms they swing on branches. Like all gibbons, it lives in serially pairs in a strictly enforced territory, which is defended with vigorous visual displays and songs. In the tropical rain-forest.

Diet & Feeding strategy:The diet of the agile gibbon is generally frugivorous but have also been observed eating leaves, flowers, and insects.

Females give birth to a single offspring after seven months' gestation. The young gibbon is weaned at barely 2 years of age. When fully mature, at about 8 years, it leaves its family group in order to look for a mate.

Conservation Status:The species is listed as endangered on the IUCN Red List due to habitat destruction and the pet trade.