A group of siamangs normally consists of an adult dominant male, an adult dominant female, with offspring, infants, and sometimes a subadult. The subadult usually leaves the group after …

Siamangs are arboreal, black-furred gibbons native to the Malay Peninsula and Sumatran rain and monsoon forests. They are the largest of the gibbons and use their throat sacs to vocalize, …

Kings (and queens) of swing: Siamangs have slender bodies and lightweight bones for some serious swinging. The largest and darkest of the lesser (meaning smaller) apes, also known as …

It’s hard to overstate just how long a Siamang’s arms are. They’re significantly longer than its legs, and more than 2.5 times as long as its body. These are masterpieces of evolution, and …

May 20, 2008 · Siamangs have no tail, as is the case in all of the lesser, or small, apes (Ankel-Simons 2000). However, males possess a downward directed genital tassel which can be as …

Siamangs are arboreal, meaning they spend most of their time in the trees. The siamang is the only species in the genus Symphalangus. It has two subspecies: the Sumatran siamang (S. s. …

siamang, (Symphalangus syndactylus), arboreal ape of the gibbon family (Hylobatidae), found in the forests of Sumatra and Malaya. The siamang resembles other gibbons but is more robust. …

These are primary and secondary areas of tropical rainforest, which receive as much as five meters of rain annually. Siamangs occur in lowland, hill, and upper regions of dipterocarp …

The most distinguishing characteristic of siamangs is the enlarged throat sac that can be as big as a human head! These throat sacs are used as a sound box to amplify their loud vocalizations.

Siamangs swing through the rainforest canopy using their extremely long arms in a form of locomotion called brachiation. They can travel up to 10 feet in a single swing at speeds …