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: any of a family (Hylobatidae) of agile brachiating tailless apes of southeastern Asia that are the smallest and most arboreal anthropoid apes
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Massive datasets are now coming online, as recorders can be left in the field, listening to the calls of gibbons in the jungle or birds in the forest, 24/7, across long periods of time.
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Arik Kershenbaum, WIRED, 22 Dec. 2024
Orangutans, gibbons and monkeys were said to cruise through the trees on the property, and the roof to our small room was also home to short-nosed fruit bats.
—Mihir Zaveri, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
One of the Racine Zoo's longest-term residents — Yule, a male white-handed gibbon — has died.
—Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2024
More than 1 million people visit the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden each year to see the hippos bob in and out of clear water, hear gibbons howl above the treetops, smell the elephants covered in dirt.
—Bebe Hodges, The Enquirer, 27 Oct. 2024
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Arik Kershenbaum, WIRED, 22 Dec. 2024
Orangutans, gibbons and monkeys were said to cruise through the trees on the property, and the roof to our small room was also home to short-nosed fruit bats.
—Mihir Zaveri, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
One of the Racine Zoo's longest-term residents — Yule, a male white-handed gibbon — has died.
—Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2024
More than 1 million people visit the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden each year to see the hippos bob in and out of clear water, hear gibbons howl above the treetops, smell the elephants covered in dirt.
—Bebe Hodges, The Enquirer, 27 Oct. 2024
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“Gibbon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gibbon. Accessed 8 Jan. 2025.
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gibbon
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gib·bon
ˈgib-ən 
: any of several tailless apes of southeastern Asia that are smaller and spend more time in trees than the gorilla, chimpanzee, and orangutan
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