Cambodian forest shelters world's largest pileated gibbon family


About two-thirds of the 47,000 gibbons remaining worldwide inhabit the biodiversity-rich Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary. - Wild Earth Allies/Vireak Samorn via Bernama

PHNOM PENH: Cambodia’s dense and tranquil forests provide a sanctuary for the world's largest population of pileated gibbons.

About two-thirds of the 47,000 gibbons remaining worldwide inhabit the biodiversity-rich Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary, covering the Kingdom’s north-central region. This thick rainforest area is considered one of the largest remaining lowland forests in South-East Asia.

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