Gibbon, White-Cheeked
Hylobates leucogenys
Hylobates leucogenys
Vital Statistics
Height:
1 - 2 feet
Weight:
12 - 20 lbs
Diet:
Fruit, leaves, small invertebrates and insects
Conservation:
Status: Endangered
Geographic Region
Rainforest canopy of southeast Asia, including Laos, Vietnam and south China
At The Zoo
World of Adaptations
Did You Know?
Adult males are black and adult females are beige. Young gibbons change color based on their age. Infants are born beige and spend their 1st year with their mother. Around their first birthday they change to black coloring and spend most of their 2nd year with father. At sexual maturity females turn back to beige and males remain black.