Hylobates lar

(Linnaeus, 1771)

Lar Gibbon

Oblique view of female with young.  Also as Common Gibbon|White-handed Gibbon
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Location:USA, HA, Honolulu Co., Honolulu ZooDate taken:Jan 1, 1989

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 1035

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Primates
Suborder : Haplorhini
Infraorder : Simiiformes
Parvorder : Catarrhini
Superfamily : Hominoidea
Family : Hylobatidae
Genus : Hylobates

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Linnaeus, C. 1771. Mantissa Plantarum altera generum editionis VI. & specierum editionis II. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 587 pp.

Original name as described

Homo Lar

Other common names

Common Gibbon · White-handed Gibbon · Carpenter's Lar Gibbon · Central Lar Gibbon · Malaysian Lar Gibbon · Sumatran Lar Gibbon · Yunnan Lar Gibbon

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1955.1488

Type kind

neotype

Type locality

Restricted by C. Kloss in 1929 to Malaysia, Malacca.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

China · Myanmar · Laos · Thailand · Malaysia · Indonesia

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 22 names and synonyms.

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