Hoolock Gibbons
- Hoolock Gibbons threatened with extinction in two Manipur districts.
- The hoolock gibbons are three primate species of genus Hoolock in the gibbon family and are native to eastern Bangladesh, Northeast India, Myanmar and Southwest China. North-eastern India is home to two ape species: eastern and western
- hoolock gibbons.
- Gibbons are diurnal (active during the day) and arboreal (live on trees).
- Their diet consists mainly of fruits, insects and leaves.
- They live together in monogamous pairs.
- Threats (applicable to both): Deforestation for timber, forest fires and hunting.
- Western Hoolock Gibbons.
- Found in all the states of north-east India, restricted between the south of the Brahmaputra River and east of the Dibang River. Also found in Bangladesh and north-west Myanmar.
- Western hoolock is listed as Endangered in the IUCN Redlist.
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- Eastern Hoolock Gibbons:
- Inhabits specific pockets of Arunachal Pradesh and Assam in India, and southern China and north-east Myanmar.
- Eastern hoolock is listed as Vulnerable in the IUCN Redlist.
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