Link included to the educational video about White-Cheeked Gibbons & Siamangs from NashvilleZoo. Twelve questions are included at the end of the video for your students to research. (6 min. 53 seconds) Answers are included at the end of this article.
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Twelve questions about White-Cheeked Gibbons & Siamangs
1. What is the animal kingdom classification for a White-Cheeked Gibbon & Siamang?
A. Is it an amphibian?
B. Is it a bird?
C. Is it a fish?
D. Is it a mammal?
E. Is it a reptile?
2. White-Cheeked Gibbons and Siamangs are part of what Order?
3. Give three reasons why a White-Cheeked Gibbon and a Siamang are considered to be an Ape and not a Monkey?
4. A Siamang is a type of Gibbon. What are the three ways a Siamang is different from other types of Gibbons?
5. Which gender is more dominant in a group of Gibbons: male or female?
6. What is the most important social activity for a White-Cheeked Gibbon and Siamang? Explain how this activity works.
7A. What part of the world do White-Cheeked Gibbons originate?
7B. What part of the world do Siamangs originate?
8. Which predators typically prey on White-Cheeked Gibbons & Siamangs?
9. What do Gibbons like to eat?
10. What color is the fur of a grown male White-Cheeked Gibbon and what color is the fur of a grown female White-Cheeked Gibbon?
11. What color is the fur of a Siamang?
12. Research White-Cheeked Gibbons & Siamangs and write a factual or fanciful tale of a day in the life of either a White-Cheeked Gibbon or a Siamang or both.
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Answer Key:
1. D – Mammal
2. Order: Primate
3.
Reason 1: Monkeys have tails. Apes do not.
Reason 2: Apes have more upright postures than monkeys.
Reason 3: Apes have a higher development of their brain than monkeys.
4.
Reason 1: Siamangs have webbing between the second and third toe.
Reason 2: It is the largest of all the Gibbons.
Reason 3: It is the best at walking on two legs.
5. The adult female is the most dominant animal in a group of Gibbons.
6. Grooming. “Grooming is a display of dominance; the more dominant receives more grooming than it gives. An adult male grooms a female and sub-adult males. In the breeding season, he focuses more time on the female.”
7A. White-Cheeked Gibbons originate in Laos, Vietnam, and southern China.
7B. Siamangs originate in the mountains of the Malay Peninsula and in the rain forests and monsoon forests of Sumatra.
8. Leopards, Clouded Leopards, & Man
9. Fruit, Leaves, Insects, Nuts, Small Animals, Birds, and Bird’s Eggs
10. Grown male White-Cheeked Gibbons have black fur. Grown female Gibbons have beige or golden or reddish buff-colored fur.
11. Siamangs always have black fur with reddish-brown eyebrows.
12. Stories written by students will vary.
Link to video called “Video – Discover More About White-Cheeked Gibbons & Siamangs “
Resources:
Primate Info Net: White-Cheeked Gibbon
The Big Zoo: White-Cheeked Gibbon
Honolulu Zoo: Siamang
Great Apes & Other Primates: Gibbons
Great Apes & Other Primates: White-Cheeked Gibbons
Great Apes & Other Primates: Siamangs
