Sentences with phrase «species of gibbon»

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In a paper published in Mammal Review, the researchers crucially also found no evidence of infection in current populations of captive gibbons — an endangered species — and no evidence that the virus is still a threat.

Videos of two captive white - handed gibbons (Hylobates lar) leaping from one branch of a jungle gym to another reveal that the apes break the record for work per mass performed in a single movement by any other species to date.

When they examined the canal structures of more than 200 mammal species, the research team found that fast, agile movers — like gibbons and leaping tarsiers — have exceptionally large canals for their size, while slow, deliberate animals like sloths have small ones.

Professor Long Yongcheng, head of the IUCN's China Primate Specialist Group, said: «The Hainan gibbon is an indicator of good forest health and ecological stability, and so protecting the species also helps to conserve Hainan's environment and its international green image.»

Liz wanted to see how each gibbon interacted both with zoo visitors and other apes of its species.

«Macaques and gibbons are known to disappear completely from forests which have been converted to rubber, and our review shows that numbers of bird, bat and beetle species can decline by up to 75 percent.»

In the case of the Hainan gibbon, a species of ape in China, there are fewer than 30 animals left.»