Common Name: Pileated Gibbon Scientific Name: Hylobates pileatus
VULNERABLE Pileated Gibbon Distribution: Thailand and Cambodia
Habitat:
Pileated gibbons are small apes and like all apes, including Chimpanzees and Gorilla they do not have a tail. A tail is one feature that makes it easy to tell the difference between apes and monkeys. Gibbons have long arms that they use to hang from branches and swing through trees. This swinging movement is called brachiation.
Forest
Weight: 6.5kg - 10.5kg
Diet: Herbivorous Fruit, leaves, flowers.
Pileated gibbons are sexually dichromatic. This means that males and females are different colours. Male Pileated Gibbons are black with white fingers and toes. Female Pileated Gibbons are buff coloured with black cheeks and cap. Pileated Gibbons are found in South East Asia In the countries of Thailand and Cambodia They live in moist or dry forests of all kinds, including lowland and mountain forests, evergreen and deciduous. Like all gibbons, the main part of Pileated Gibbons diet is fruit, but they also eat a lot of leaves. Flowers are also enjoyed when they are in season. Pileated Gibbons live in monogamous pairs, which means that a male and a female live together and rear their offspring. Breeding occurs throughout the year with the females gestation period (pregnancy) being about 7 months. Offspring live with their parents until they are around 8, when they leave to find a mate of their own. Each family lives on a territory of around 15 and 50 hectares and they defend it from their neighbours through loud calling displays that are performed most mornings.