Being a siamang was a glorious discovery. From Wordnik.com. [Asimov's Science Fiction]
She had been an ape once, a siamang, and she felt perfectly at home in the treetops. From Wordnik.com. [Asimov's Science Fiction]
The destruction includes prime habitat for the orangutan, siamang, and white-handed gibbon. From Wordnik.com. [Sumatran montane rain forests] Reference
He went to the roof, where the half-tamed siamang was supporting him hour after hour as gently as a mother would support a sick child. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Chersonese and the way thither] Reference
Other primarily montane species include the gymnure (Hylomys suillus), siamang (Symphalangus syndactylus), and red-cheeked squirrel (Dremomys rufigenys). From Wordnik.com. [Peninsular Malaysian montane rain forests] Reference
Kerinci-Seblat National Park is an important site for one of the last remaining populations of the Sumatran rhinoceros and Sumatran rabbit, as well as siamang and agile gibbon. From Wordnik.com. [Sumatran montane rain forests] Reference
The two swam easily on the surface with their long siamang arms, laughing and calling to one another as the jellyfish in their millions caressed them with the most featherlike of touches. From Wordnik.com. [Asimov's Science Fiction]
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. From Wordnik.com. [Sumatran freshwater swamp forests] Reference
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). From Wordnik.com. [Indochina mangroves] Reference
Experts say siamang gibbons are powerful and are potentially dangerous to humans. From Wordnik.com. Reference
The belong to the small apes, which include four genera of gibbon and the siamang. From Wordnik.com. [Primates in the News] Reference
Onthank's wife says the 2-year-old siamang weighs about 14 pounds and wears diapers. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Onthank's wife says their 2-year-old siamang weighs about 14 pounds and wears diapers. From Wordnik.com. [New York News, Weather, Sports & Traffic - WCBSTV.com] Reference
They pulled with all their might; and Lanark, the cockswain, steered her for the siamang. From Wordnik.com. [Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics] Reference
Bilou adalah jenis kera unik menyerupai siamang endemik yang hanya dijumpai di Kepulauan Mentawai. From Wordnik.com. [ANTARA - Berita Terkini] Reference
Mrs. Mingo ascended to the cross-trees, where she and the gentleman siamang seemed to hold a conference. From Wordnik.com. [Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics] Reference
Onthank's wife, Susan Onthank, said their 2-year-old siamang, Koby, weighs about 14 pounds and wears diapers. From Wordnik.com. [News from www.rep-am.com] Reference
The gibbons (including the siamang) have tremendous voices, with numerous variations, and they love to use them. From Wordnik.com. [The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations] Reference
"What made her fall overboard, Captain?" asked the lady -- meaning Mrs. Belgrave this time, and not the siamang. From Wordnik.com. [Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics] Reference
Pierce Onthank is charged with illegal possession of a siamang, a type of gibbon that can grow to about 3 feet tall. From Wordnik.com. [New York News, Weather, Sports & Traffic - WCBSTV.com] Reference
But Travis was allowed to go unmonitored, while the owner of Koby the siamang gibbon is facing a court hearing and possible fine. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Forty-9-year-old Pierce Onthank is charged with illegal possession of a siamang, a type of gibbon that can grow to about 3 feet tall. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Mrs. Noury, the Princess Zuleima, had the baby; and the little siamang seemed to take as much interest in the proceedings as her mother. From Wordnik.com. [Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics] Reference
If the siamang could swim at all, she was very clumsy in the water; and the waves, for there was considerable sea on, seemed to bother her. From Wordnik.com. [Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics] Reference
The park is home to 50 different kinds of mammals including Sumatran rhinoceros, Sumatran elephants, Sumateran tigers, taperers, wild dogs and siamang. From Wordnik.com. [The Jakarta Post Breaking News] Reference
The varieties of the monkey tribe are innumerable: among them the best known are the muniet, karra, bru, siamang (or simia gibbon of Buffon), and lutong. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants] Reference
"Primates are basically unpredictable," said Stephen Rene Tello, executive director of Primarily Primates, a sanctuary in Texas that has offered to take the siamang. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Authorities say the 49-year-old Fairfield resident left the siamang at the Lionshare Zoological Center in Greenwich and Stamford in October while trying to sell his house. From Wordnik.com. [New York News, Weather, Sports & Traffic - WCBSTV.com] Reference
The veterinarian determined Koby was a siamang gibbon, but stated "I cannot confirm the exact age at this time," except to say that "this siamang is under 5 years of age.". From Wordnik.com. [Connecticut Post Online Most Viewed] Reference
Primates, like orang utans, owa (a gibbon from the Hylobatidae), siamang and mammals such as bears, white tigers, Sumatran tigers and Sumatran elephants are just a few of them. From Wordnik.com. [The Jakarta Post Breaking News] Reference
The scientists charted a spectrum of tickle-induced vocalizations from three human infants and four species of great apes in captivity, plus the less closely related siamang ape. From Wordnik.com. [msnbc.com: Community] Reference
Lionshare's owner said the pet siamang had very thin hair and dry skin, and a curator there said Onthank also had owned monkeys, lemurs and a two-toed sloth, a court affidavit stated. From Wordnik.com. [SanLuisObispo.com: 911] Reference
Six weeks before a 200-pound chimpanzee nearly mauled a woman to death, state officials were cracking down on the owner of a 14-pound siamang that was still wearing diapers made for infants. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Six weeks before a 200-pound chimpanzee nearly mauled a woman to death, state officials were cracking down on the owner of a 14-pound siamang that was still wearing diapers made for infants. From Wordnik.com. [Kentucky.com: Homepage] Reference
Six weeks before a 200-pound chimpanzee nearly mauled a Stamford woman to death, state officials were cracking down on the owner of a 14-pound siamang that was still wearing diapers made for infants. From Wordnik.com. Reference
(AP) - Six weeks before a 200-pound chimpanzee nearly mauled a Stamford woman to death, state officials were cracking down on the owner of a 14-pound siamang that was still wearing diapers made for infants. From Wordnik.com. [News for WSLS 10] Reference
In October, Onthank left his pet siamang, a type of gibbon and the largest of the lesser apes, at the Lionshare Zoological Center in Greenwich and Stamford while he tried to sell his house, according the affidavit. From Wordnik.com. [Stamford Advocate Most Viewed] Reference
Texas that has offered to take the siamang. From Wordnik.com. Reference
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