Is the gibbon a monkey

Answer 1

No....The Gibbon is part of the ape family. There are four in the ape family, Gorilla, Chimpanzee, Orangutans and the Gibbon. There classified mainly by there intelligence and the fact that they have no tails!

Answer 2

Gibbons are part of the Lesser Apes along with the Siamang. It separates them from the Great Apes (humans, chimpanzees, bonobos, orangutans and gorillas), but they are still part of the Hominoidea, or Apes.

Answer 3

Gibbons are apes in the family Hylobatidae (pronounced /ˌhaɪlɵˈbeɪtɨdiː/). The family is divided into four genera based on their diploid chromosome number: Hylobates (44), Hoolock (38), Nomascus (52), and Symphalangus (50).[2][3] The extinct Bunopithecus sericus is a gibbon or gibbon-like ape which, until recently, was thought to be closely related to the hoolock gibbons.[2] Gibbons occur in tropical and subtropical rainforests from northeast India to Indonesia and north to southern China, including the islands of Sumatra, Borneo and Java.

Answer 4

food water and shelter like any other living thing i guess

Answer 5

Gibbon's eat fruits and plants mainly but they also eat insects, Spiders, bird eggs, and small birds.

Answer 6

a little monkey and no tail