Silvery Gibbon (Hylobates moloch) at Chester Zoo

Introduction

The photograph on this page of Silvery Gibbon (Hylobates moloch) at Chester Zoo by Mike Pennington as part of the Geograph project.

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Silvery Gibbon (Hylobates moloch) at Chester Zoo

Image: © Mike Pennington Taken: 8 Apr 2017

A youngster, born at the zoo. Fewer than 2500 are believed to still exist in the wild, as only 4% of the original rainforest still survives on their native island of Java.

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Image Location

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Latitude
53.222862
Longitude
-2.884249