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  1. The only ape of India found in hill forests of Assam and Nagaland is
    1. Orangutan
    2. Gibbon
    3. Chimpanzee
    4. Gorilla
Correct Option: B

The Hoolock Gibbon, the only ape species in India, is found in Assam, Arunachla Pradesh and Bhutan only. The Hoollongapar Gibbon Sanctuary, formerly known as the Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary or Hollongapar Reserve Forest, is an isolated protected area of evergreen forest located in Assam, India. The sanctuary was officially constituted and renamed in 1997. On 30 July 1997, in notification, the sanctuary was constituted under the civil district of Jorhat and named it the “Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary” after the only apes found in India: the hoolock gibbons (genus Hoolock). It is the only sanctuary in India named after a gibbon due to its distinction for containing the densest gibbon populations in Assam.



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