An infant white-cheeked gibbon clings to its mother at Gibbon Ridge.

Gibbons are unusual because unlike 94 percent of all other primate species, they are monogamous, living in small families composed of a mated pair and up to four offspring.

Gibbons are physically independent at about three, mature at about six, and usually leave the family group at about eight years of age.

Gibbon Facts

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