Southern Yellow-Cheeked Crested Gibbon

This southern Indochinese gibbon lives high in forest trees and feeds largely on fruit and other plant foods. Adult males are black with golden-yellow cheek patches; females are buff with a dark crown patch. Zoos keep compatible family groups with high swinging routes and sheltered rooms. Females bear live infants. It has no tail. ESA endangered status and CITES Appendix I restrictions apply. US primate-import restrictions apply.