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Some facts about the
Siamang

Adult weight : 10.9 kg (23.98 lbs)

Maximum longevity : 43 years

Female maturity :2190 days

Male maturity : 2190 days

Gestation : 231 days

Weaning : 642 days

Litter size : 1

Interval between litters : 607 days

Weight at birth : 0.517 kg (1.1374 lbs)

Source: AnAge, licensed under CC

Siamang

Order : Primates
Family : Hylobatidae
Species : Hylobates syndactylus

 

Facts about the siamang

Among the animals in the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo, the siamangs are veterans.

The Siamang is listed as endangered due to destruction of its habitat for logging and agriculture, and many are hunted or traded as pets and for circuses.

Hylobates syndactylus is found throughout the Barisan Mountains of Sumatra(Indonesia) and in the mountains of the Malay Peninsula, south of the Perak River. (Full text)

The siamang is diurnal and arboreal. (Full text)

Siamangs are roughly twice as heavy and have longer arms. (Full text)

The only apes that are predominantly fruit eaters (gibbons and siamangs) are atypical for apes in many behavioral and ecological respects and eat substantial amounts of vegetation. (Full text)

Siamangs are found in the mountains of the Malay Peninsula (Full text)

The word "Siamang": "Siamang" is a Malay word for the animal. (Full text)

- hylobat hylobates syndactylus is accounting financial harrison horngren (Full text)

The siamang is the largest of the lesser apes. (Full text)

The siamang is a mammal, and the cotinga is a bird. (Full text)

siamangThe siamang is a rare, black, long-armed ape from rainforests in southeast Asia. (Full text)

Siamangs are rare, small, slender, long-armed, tree-dwelling (lesser) apes. (Full text)

"The Siamang is a gibbon and like the latter, it is an ape, not a monkey". (Full text)

of the most important social activities of a siamang is grooming. (Full text)

Alarm: If captive siamangs are frightened by uncommon situations or noises, (Full text)

Siamangs are about twice as large, weighing approx. (Full text)

Gibbons and siamangs are monogamous, living in small family troops of usually 2-6 related individuals. (Full text)

- hylobates syndactylus hylobates syndactylus is example financial report (Full text)

The Siamang is the largest of the the lesser apes, which come from the (Full text)

The siamang is the largest of the gibbons. (Full text)

1. siamang, Hylobates syndactylus, Symphalangus syndactylus -- (large black gibbon of Sumatra having the 2nd and 3rd toes partially united by a web)
siamang
Hylobates syndactylus
Symphalangus syndactylus
(Source WordNet)

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