Li, Qi https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0320-731X
Fei, Han-Lan
Luo, Zhen-Hao
Gao, Shao-Ming https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7219-6485
Wang, Pan-Deng https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7593-6634
Lan, Li-Ying
Zhao, Xin-Feng
Huang, Li-Nan https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4881-7920
Fan, Peng-Fei https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4747-5727
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Natural Science Foundation of China (31822049, 32201269)
Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China (2022YFF1301500)
Guangdong Science and Technology Department| GuangDong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation.
Article History
Received: 30 October 2022
Accepted: 11 April 2023
First Online: 21 April 2023
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The noninvasive fecal sample collections were applied, keeping the gibbons from direct disturbance and contact, and thus no review from the Chinese ethics committee was required. This work was approved by Mt. Gaoligon National Nature Reserve and adheres to Sun Yat-sen University and the American Society of Primatologists’ Principles for the Ethical Treatment of Nonhuman Primates.