We just learned about the Siamang type of Gibbon Primate.
Another type of Primate is the Nomascus Gibbon.
This type of gibbon lives in southern China and Vietnam.
There are 7 types of these gibbons: Black crested gibbon, Eastern black crested gibbon, Hainan black crested gibbon, Northern white-cheeked gibbon, Southern white-cheeked gibbon, Yellow-cheeked gibbon, Northern buffed-cheeked gibbon.
Each of these types of Nomascus gibbons looks a little different and usually lives in a different part of China or Vietnam.
Some of them like the Northern White Cheeked Gibbon have some white fur on their cheeks, the Southern White-Cheeked Gibbon has a white mouth, and the Yellow-Cheeked Gibbon has yellow fur on it's cheeks.
They all have very long arms that help them live in the trees, and most of them start out brown and then the male Gibbons fur turns black when they get older.
Northern White Cheeked Gibbon:
(from: wikipedia - northern white-cheeked gibbon)
Southern White-Cheeked Gibbon:
(from: wikipedia - southern white-cheeked gibbon)
Yellow Cheeked-Gibbon:
(from: wikipedia - yellow cheeked-gibbon)
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