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hoolock

(ˈhuːlək)

(Animals) a type of gibbon (genus Hoolock) of Northeastern India and parts of Myanmar and Bangladesh, the males of which have black fur and white brows

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And then there are the hoolocks. Ngengpui also teems with numerous species of birds--including some rare ones, such as the hornbill, tragopan, pen-pheasant and sun bird.

I am, in fact, referring to the rare and endangered hoolock gibbon, the only ape found on the Indian subcontinent and one that is today restricted to the forests of the North-East.

Come back another day and move further into the forest on the trail of the large animals--elephants, deer, sambar or hoolock gibbons.