Gibbons (genus Hylobates, meaning "dweller in the trees") are the smallest members of the ape family which also includes gorillas, chimpanzees, and orangutans. They spend most of their lives at the tops of trees in the jungle, eating...

Gibbons are the small apes in the family Hylobatidae. The family is divided into four genera based on their diploid chromosome number: Hylobates (44), Hoolock (38), Nomascus (52), and Symphalangus (50).[2][3] The extinct Bunopithecus sericus is a...