Agile Gibbon vs Monkey Apple

Hylobates agilis compared with Annona glabra

Key Differences

• Agile Gibbon is Endangered while Monkey Apple is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Agile Gibbon	Monkey Apple
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Magnoliales (Magnoliales)
Family	Hylobatidae	Annonaceae
Genus	Hylobates	Annona
Species	Hylobates agilis	Annona glabra

Conservation Status

Agile Gibbon

EN — Endangered

Monkey Apple

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Agile Gibbon	Monkey Apple
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Agile Gibbon

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Monkey Apple

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and deserts and xeric shrublands spanning the Australasia and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Guinea, Seychelles), Asia (6 countries), North America (Cuba, Guatemala, Honduras), Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Agile Gibbon

The Agile Gibbon (Hylobates agilis) is a species in the genus Hylobates. It is currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.