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Gibbons are light-weight arboreal apes, remarkable for their long, strong arms, which are associated with the predominance of suspensory behaviour in locomotion and posture (see below, plates X and XI; chapter 7).
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Gittins, S.P., Raemaekers, J.J. (1980). Siamang, Lar and Agile Gibbons. In: Chivers, D.J. (eds) Malayan Forest Primates. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-0878-3_3
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