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    (c) Mark Whiten, all rights reserved

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    (c) Wild Sumatra, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) peterthedragon, all rights reserved

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    (c) Maksym Kozlenko, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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    (c) davidaw, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    Photo 6 of 6

    (c) cuatrok77, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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Siamang

Symphalangus syndactylus

IUCN Red List status: Endangered

IUCN Red List status

Worldwide
1,109 observations
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Mammals

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About

The siamang (Symphalangus syndactylus) is an arboreal black-furred gibbon native to the forests of Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand. The largest of the gibbons, the siamang can be twice the size of other gibbons, reaching 1 m in height, and weighing up to 14 kg. The siamang is the only species in the genus Symphalangus.

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