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Lar Gibbon

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The lar gibbon, also known as the white-handed gibbon, is an endangered primate belonging to the gibbon family, Hylobatidae, and one of the better-known gibbon species, frequently kept in captivity.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Frugivore 2
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 3
Relationship to People
Hunted or Fished 1
Living or Extinct
Yes 1
Derived from this species' own Conservation Status: this atlas's IUCN category list has no Extinct value, so a set conservation-status is itself evidence of living status (w-bfill-g5-0924 browse backfill).
Identification
Distinguishing Appearance
The fur coloring of the lar gibbon varies from black and dark brown to light brown, sandy colors, and the hands and feet are white colored, likewise a ring of white hair surrounds the black face 1
Scientific Name
Hylobates lar 1
Conservation Status
Endangered 1
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Primates, Taxa
Source Catalogue of Life
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Sources
1. Lar gibbon, Wikipedia
  • Taxobox, scientific name field
    Hylobates lar
  • Taxobox, conservation status field
    Endangered
  • Physical description section
    The fur coloring of the lar gibbon varies from black and dark-brown to light-brown, sandy colors. The hands and feet are white-colored, likewise a ring of white hair surrounds the black face.
  • article text (relationship to people), EntityId 284427
    Lar gibbons are threatened in various ways: they are sometimes hunted for their meat, sometimes a parent is killed to capture young animals for pets, but perhaps the most pervasive is the loss of habi
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2. EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014)
3. Lar gibbon (Wikidata)
WikidataStatements section, habitat (P2974): Terrestrial
Quote, Statements section, habitat (P2974): Terrestrial
Wikidata habitat statement (P2974) resolves to a terrestrial habitat type.
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Wikidata: Lar Gibbon
Wikidata Q208043, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Catalogue of Life
Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of LifeChild Taxon Of: PrimatesView the Source
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