White Handed Gibbon

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White Handed Gibbon

• ByBrittany

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Introduction

• My animal starts with a G and ends with an N. It
  lives in the rain forest. It has white and black
  fur. What is it?

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Description

• Gibbons have a white ring around their face. The
  gibbons have black fur on their body. They also
  have black skin on their face, hands, and feet.
• Gibbons have a people-shaped body, but they are
  not as tall as people. The gibbons height is
  18-25 inches and their weight is 11-17.5 pounds.

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Lifespan

• Gibbons live up to 30 to 40 years. The males and
  females live about the same amount of time.

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Predator/Prey

• People hunt gibbons. The gibbons hide in the
  trees. These animals are fruit eaters. They get
  food from the trees.

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Protection

• They protect themselves by running away. The
  gibbons keep the hurt gibbons in their habitat to
  help protect them.

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Young

• The gibbons have babies one time every 2-3 years.
  Gibbons have a baby one at a time. The parent
  gibbon takes care of them until they are up to
  six years old. First when gibbon is small the mom
  takes care of it. When the gibbon gets a little
  bigger it gets taken care of by its dad. Dad
  teaches it to swing from tree to tree. The babies
  are called young.

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Behavior

• The gibbon just swings from tree to tree in the
  wild. Gibbons like to sing in the morning. They
  stay in their habitat in the winter. Gibbons are
  active during the day.

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Environment

• The gibbons live in trees of a tropical rain
  forest. Gibbons are found in the Malay Peninsula,
  Sumatra and Thailand.

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Endangered

• The white-handed gibbons are endangered animals.
  People keep cutting down trees in their habitat.
  The people hunt the gibbons because they want to
  eat them.

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Other Interesting Facts

• An interesting fact about the gibbon is they
  sing. The gibbons swing from tree to tree. The
  gibbons have the longest arms of the primates.

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Conclusion

• I picked the gibbons because they sounded
  interesting. I sort of like monkeys. The White
  handed gibbons are endangered. We can help them
  by keeping people from cutting down the rain
  forest. We can also keep the gibbons in the zoo
  so people will not hunt them.

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Bibliography

• Encyclopedia of Mammals. New York Marshall
  Cavendish, 1997.
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• Woods, Mae. Gibbons. Edina, MN ABDO and
  Daughters, 1998.
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• Zoo School. White Handed Gibbon. Accessed on 12
  Sept 2006 lthttp//www.zooschool./ecsd.net/white20
  handed20 gibbon.htm