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Owa Mentawai

Hylobates klossii

Photo by dianseh
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Description:

Hylobates klossii also known as the Mentawai gibbon or the Bilou, they exclusively lives on the Mentawai Islands, Indonesia.
Beware, they have long teeth

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Kloss's gibbon

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Comments (2)
Mark Ridgway
Do you have pictures of the whole animal please?
Mark Ridgway
Welcome to Project Noah dianseh. This is a very interesting spotting. The location needs fixing because it is in the sea. Are these apes captive? Thank you for sharing these.

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PublishedOctober 30, 2013

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