white-handed gibbon

[ hwahyt-han-did, -han-, wahyt- ]

noun

1. a gibbon, Hylobates lar, inhabiting Thailand, the Malay Peninsula, and northern Sumatra, varying from black to light buff in color, and having white hands and feet: an endangered species.

Example Sentences

Other BRI routes pose a risk to such iconic animals as the large-antlered muntjac, the Malayan tapir, the white-handed gibbon, the Sumatra serow, and the critically endangered Edwards’s pheasant.

From Science Magazine

Heartbreaking: Nikko, a 35-year-old white-handed gibbon, died less than a month after zoo matchmakers moved the ape from his longtime home in Oakland to pair him with a lonely gibbon in Santa Barbara who had recently lost her mate.

From Los Angeles Times

Nikko, a 35-year-old white-handed gibbon, died less than a month after zoo matchmakers moved the ape from his longtime home in Oakland to pair him with a lonely gibbon in Santa Barbara who had recently lost her mate.

From Los Angeles Times

Nikko, a 35-year-old white-handed gibbon, died Sunday.

From Seattle Times

Nikko, a 35-year-old white-handed gibbon, died Sunday.

From Washington Times