Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of gibbons, containing the Hylobates syndactylus or Siamanga syndactyla: same as
Siamanga . - noun [lowercase; pl. syndactyli (-lī).] In teratology, a monster with more or less extensive union of fingers or toes.
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Examples
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Several other mammal species are found in this ecoregion, including numerous primate species such as several leaf-monkeys, siamang (Hylobates syndactylus), the region's largest gibbon, wild dog (Cuon alpinus), sun bear (Ursus malayanus), and clouded leopard (Pardofelis nebulosa).
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Numerous primate species live in these forests, including the long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis), pig-tailed macaque (M. nemestrina), and siamang (Hylobates syndactylus), Sumatra's largest gibbon.
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However, these forests contain numerous primate species such as several leaf-monkey species, slow loris (Nycticebus coucang), long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis), pig-tailed macaque (M. nemestrina), and siamang (Hylobates syndactylus), the region's largest gibbon and found only in Malaya and Sumatra's lowland forests.
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Other primarily montane species include the gymnure (Hylomys suillus), siamang (Symphalangus syndactylus), and red-cheeked squirrel (Dremomys rufigenys).
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Biodiversity FeaturesThere are no endemic mammalmammals in the ecoregion, but many species are known to use mangroves, including the tiger (Panthera tigris), tapir (Tapirus indicus), and siamang (Hylobates syndactylus).
Indochina mangroves 2007
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A young gibbon (Hylobates syndactylus) in a passion has been described16 as behaving in almost exactly the same manner.
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Although numerically the _Langurs_ or Entellus Monkeys form the most important group of the Quadrumana in India, yet the Gibbons (which are not included by Jerdon) rank highest in the scale, though the species are restricted to but three -- _Hylobates hooluck_, _H. lar_ and _H. syndactylus_.
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Robert Armitage Sterndale 1870
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Sir Stamford Raffles writes that it is believed in Sumatra that it is so jealous that if in captivity preference be given to one over another, the neglected one will die of grief; and he found that one he had sickened under similar circumstances and did not recover till his rival (a Siamang, _H. syndactylus_) was removed.
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Robert Armitage Sterndale 1870
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