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The Hoolock gibbon can be found in Southeastern Asia where it lives in forests. It only rarely moves on the ground and most of the time it can be found up in the trees.
Hoolock gibbons live in small, monogamous family groups, consisting of a mated pair with their offspring. The size of a group ranges from 2 - 6 members. The mean group size was 3 - 3.4 members for 5 studies in Bangladesh and India.
Western hoolock gibbon (Hoolock hoolock)
Kloss's gibbon (Hylobates klossii)
Bornean gibbon (Hylobates muelleri)
Bornean white-bearded gibbon (Hylobates albibarbis)
Pileated gibbon (Hylobates pileatus) ...
Gibbon species include the siamang, the white-handed or lar gibbon, and the hoolock gibbons.
Competitors for bamboo: Assamese macaque, Stump-tailed macaque, Capped langur, Golden langur, Hoolock gibbon, Takin, Sambar, Elephant, Wild pig, Porcupine, Bamboo rats; ...
to Indonesia and north to southern China, including the islands of Sumatra, Borneo and Java. The extinct Bunopithecus sericus is an extinct gibbon or gibbon-like ape which, until recently, was thought to be closely related to the Hoolock gibbons.
 See also: Gibbon, Monkey, Siamang, Gorilla, Lion
  
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