Hoolock Gibbons

• Hoolock Gibbons, the only species of apes found in India, are threatened with extinction in the Ukhrul and Kamjong districts of Manipur.
• Rampant deforestation for timber, forest fires and indiscriminate hunting has led to the decline in their population.
• Without the tree canopies, the gibbons cannot swing from branch to branch and stake out their territories.
• They also cannot adapt to living on the ground and cannot bear the high temperatures brought about by the loss of green cover.

About Hoolock Gibbon

• These are three primate species of genus Hoolock in the gibbon family and are native to eastern Bangladesh, Northeast India, Myanmar ....