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yuen


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Yuen  \Yu"en\,  n.  (Zo["o]l.) 
  The  crowned  gibbon  ({Hylobates  pileatus}),  native  of  Siam, 
  Southern  China,  and  the  Island  of  Hainan.  It  is  entirely 
  arboreal  in  its  habits,  and  has  very  long  arms.  the  males  are 
  dark  brown  or  blackish,  with  a  caplike  mass  of  long  dark 
  hair,  and  usually  with  a  white  band  around  the  face.  The 
  females  are  yellowish  white,  with  a  dark  spot  on  the  breast 
  and  another  on  the  crown.  Called  also  {wooyen},  and  {wooyen 
  ape}.