Rare baby siamang gibbon makes public debut at Canberra zoo – See pic

Image credit: National Zoo and Aquarium

New Delhi: A baby siamang gibbon born at the National zoo and Aquarium in Canberra made its public debut on Thirsday.

However, excited visitors at the zoo need to keep a close eye out for the baby gibbon to get a glimpse of it as for most part it stays close to its mother.

The unnamed baby is the first child of 11-year-old female Tunku and six-year-old male Cian, who both arrived at the National Zoo and Aquarium last year.

Cookeeper Georgia Clark said the baby 'still has no name' as the zoo do not know the sex of the rare baby yet.

"Currently there are only two pairs of siamang gibbons breeding (in captivity) in the Australian region," Clark was quoted as saying to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) on Thursday. "So we're very lucky."

The baby gibbon, which is being protected by Tunku day and night, was born in late February.

The siamang gibbon is native to Southeast Asian nations Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand, and is considered endangered. It is estimated that the wild population has decreased by 50% over the past 40 years.