White-Cheeked Gibbon

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Photo of White-Cheeked Gibbon

SCIENTIFIC NAME Nomascus leucogenys

RANGE Tropical rainforest in southeast Asia, primarily in Laos, Vietnam, and Southern China

LOCATION IN THE ZOO Wortham World of Primates

COOL ANIMAL FACT These arboreal primates swing through the treetops in a movement called “brachiation,” using their long arms to swing from branch to branch.

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Wortham World of Primates