White Handed Gibbon
Wildlife Safari Gibbon, Oregon
Gibbons or lesser apes differ from the great apes (chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans ) in that they are smaller, pair-bonded, don’t make nests and have some anatomical features more closely aligned to monkeys versus the great apes. The gibbons are the smallest of the lesser apes and masters of their hand-over-hand motion of swinging through the trees (“brachiation”) which is aided by their agility and very elongated arms and legs. The “white-handed”, “lar” or “common” gibbon has long arms, incredible eye-hand dexterity and agility, and is probably the fasted of all primates and the most agile of all non-flying mammals in trees.
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f6.7, 1/250sec, ISO125, 200mm (18-200mm kens)
Uploaded on April 28, 2010