The Canopy

Diurnal and arboreal, Javan langurs live a life high in the trees. Active by day, they skilfully navigate the forest canopy, foraging and socialising among the branches.

They have a primarily plant-based diet, feasting on leaves, fruits, flowers, and flower buds. To efficiently digest tough plant material and ingest the most nutrition possible, they’ve evolved a multi-chambered stomach and large salivary glands, making them highly specialised plant processors.

Also called the Visayan spotted deer, the Philippine spotted deer is a small, endangered species found in the rainforests of Panay and Negros. Despite being short-legged, it is the largest endemic deer species in the Philippines.

Once widespread across other Visayan Islands, it is now considered the rarest deer species on Earth by the IUCN.

It is also one of four endemic deer species found in the Philippines, the others being the Philippine deer, Philippine mousedeer, and Calamian deer.

The largest and darkest of all gibbons, Siamangs are built for life in the treetops. With four long fingers and a smaller opposable thumb, their hands are actually like ours! Their feet are also unique, with an opposable big toe and webbing between their second and third toes for grasping and balance.

Siamangs usually inhabit trees 25-30 metres high in Malaysia and Indonesia. With arms longer than their legs, siamangs are masters of brachiation - swinging through the rainforest using only their arms!

They can cover up to three metres in one swing, and when not swinging, they walk along branches with their arms extended for balance, showcasing their agility and adaptability in the canopy.