Gibbons are diurnal (active during the day), and they sleep sitting upright. They're social animals, living in small, stable family groups consisting of a mated pair and their juvenile offspring. Grooming each other is a common activity.

Gibbons move faster (up to 35 miles an hour), more quietly, and farther each day than any other forest apes or monkeys. Gibbons can easily span a gap of 30 feet between one tree and another. Vigorously territorial male gibbons can spend over half …

Gibbons are brachiation specialists, able to swing up to 50 feet between handholds. All apes, greater and lesser, walk bipedally, however, gibbons are the most bipedal of non-human primates. For gibbons, bipedalism is thought to be an adaptation for arboreal feeding more than for terrestrial locomotion.

Gibbons are considered to be the fastest and most agile, non-flying arboreal mammal. They’re the only mammal in the world with a ball and socket joint in their wrists (similar to our shoulders and hips).

Gibbons are an endangered species, and their populations are shrinking due to hunting and habitat loss through deforestation. You can help protect gibbon habitat by choosing sustainably sourced paper and wood products.

At the zoo: Gibbons are fed greens, vegetables, low starch biscuits, konjac gel, and some fruit for training. What Eats It? The main threat to white-cheeked gibbons is forest clearing , and therefore their main predator is humans, who also hunt them for food.

Jan 20, 2012 · Oakland Zoo is celebrating the arrival of its newest resident, a white-handed gibbon baby, born this past weekend to parents Mei (female, age 12) and Rainier (male, age 11). Animal care staff observed, via live cam, as Mei began laboring at 3 PM on Sunday in the gibbon’s nighthouse.

The white-cheeked gibbon is one of the world’s most endangered species of gibbon. Major threats to this species are habitat loss due to logging, illegal hunting for use in traditional medicines, and capture of young for the pet trade.

The zoo's white-cheeked gibbons live in the Red Ape Reserve exhibit, which they share with the orangutans. Both primate species are native to the forests of Southeast Asia, and both spend most of their time in the canopy.

Buff-cheeked gibbons inhabit the forests of Southeast Asia including Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. These apes are omnivorous, eating fruits, leaves, insects, birds, and eggs. These apes are about two feet in height and weigh roughly 18 pounds. Their lifespan is up to 50 years. You’ll find this animal in the Africa section. See Zoo Map.