User:Aasal.pdx/Agile Gibbon

The Agile Gibbon (Hylobates agilis), also called the black-handed gibbon, is an Old World primate, and is a part of the gibbon family. Agile Gibbons are small, females typically weigh 5.4kg and males weigh 5.8 kg on average. They come in a variety of colors, including brown, black, light tan, and reddish brown. Both the female and the male Agile Gibbon have white eyebrows. They have long arms and fingers to help them swing from trees, and unlike some species of primate, they lack a tail.

Their group dynamic typically consists of four individuals; a male and female mated pair, an infant, and a juvenile. Agile Gibbons are monogamous, once it finds a mate, it will spend the rest of its life with it. Their monogamy is pertinent to raising offspring and protecting territory due to singing. The singing is in the form of a duet occurs in the earlier part of the morning and its when they make calls to claim their territory.

Within their group dynamic, Agile Gibbons also use touch as a form of communication such as grooming, mating, play, and occasionally aggression.

It is native to the island of Sumatra in Indonesia.The Agile Gibbon can also be found in Malaysia, and southern Thailand. They live in canopies and their diet mainly consists of fruit, leaves and insects. As appointed by the IUCN Red List, this species is endangered. Their population is rapidly declining as their environment continues getting destroyed. They are also treated by pet trade and poaching for meat.