Know Your Primate: Monday Edition

Order: Primates Suborder: Haplorrhini Family: Hylobatidae Genus: Hylobates Species: Hylobates klossii Common Name: Kloss’s Gibbon, Mentawai Gibbon. Depending on who you talk to there four genera (Nomascus, Symphalangus, Bunopithecus, and Hylobates) within the family Hylobatidae. There are a number of differences between the genera (anatomical, pelage, and chromosomal). Today’s primate is an interesting member of [...]

Friday Know Your Primate: Late Edition

Order: Primates Family: Hylobatidae Genus: Hylobates Species: Hylobates syndactylus Common Name: Siamang Siamangs are part of a group called the lesser apes. They are native to Malaysia and Sumatra and are sympatric with the white-handed gibbon (H. lar).