Yellow-cheeked Gibbon
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The Yellow-cheeked Gibbon (Nomascus gabriellae), also called the Yellow-cheeked Crested Gibbon, the Golden-cheeked Crested Gibbon or the Buffed-cheeked Gibbon, is a species of gibbon native to Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia.[1]
The Yellow-cheeked Gibbon is born black, and males carry this colouring through their lifespan and have the distinguishing golden cheeks;f emales however, turn blond at sexual maturity.[citation needed]
This diurnal and arboreal gibbon lives in primary tropical rainforest, foraging for fruits, using braciation to move through the trees.[citation needed]
The Yellow-cheeked Gibbon, like all gibbon species, has a unique song which is usually initiated by the male.[citation needed] The female will then join in and sing with the male to reinforce their bond and announce to other gibbons that they are a pair in a specific territory.[citation needed] The male usually finishes the song after the female has stopped singing.[citation needed]
Little is known about this species in the wild, but it is thought that it has a life span of approximately 46 years.[citation needed]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Groves, Colin (16 November 2005). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 180. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
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