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- Hoolock Gibbons are lesser apes.
- They are the second largest of the Gibbons after Siamang.
- There are three Hoolock Gibbon speocies.
- They are
- Western Hoolock Gibbon,
- Skywalker Hoolock Gibbon and
- Eastern Hoolock Gibbon.
- Earlier it was said that India (North East India) is home to two species namely Eastern Hoolock Gibbon and Western Hoolock Gibbon.
- However, a recent study by Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology has found that only western Hoolock Gibbon is found in India.
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