🦧Siamang
The siamang is an endangered arboreal, black-furred gibbon native to the forests of Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand. The largest of the gibbons, the siamang can be twice the size of other gibbons, reaching 1 m (3.3 ft) in height, and weighing up to 14 kg (31 lb). It is the only species in the genus Symphalangus. Fossils of siamangs date back to the Middle Pleistocene.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2020.
- Body mass
- 11 kg
- Body length
- 0.86 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 43 years
Everything we know about the Siamang
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass11 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 11 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length0.86 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass125 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan43 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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Generation length13 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity10 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation231 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 231 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
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- 1AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic levelOmnivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleDiurnalCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Home range0.22 km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density15 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l11 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Siamang yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderPrimates
- ›familyHylobatidae
- ›genusSymphalangus
- ›speciesSymphalangus syndactylus
- classMammals · Mammalia
- infraorderSimiiformes
- familyHylobatidae
- genusSymphalangus
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderEuarchontoglires
- suborderHaplorrhini
- infraorderSimiiformes
- familyHylobatidae
- genusSymphalangus
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