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.
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System (Realm) Relationship to People Living or ExtinctDerived 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. Identification
Distinguishing AppearanceThe 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 Comparison
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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.
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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
- Category: Fauna listed on CITES Appendix I
In Biome: Tropical Rainforest, Distribution and habitat
Lar gibbon are usually found in lowland dipterocarp forest, hill dipterocarp forest, and upper dipterocarp forest, including primary lowland and submontane rainforest, mixed deciduous bamboo forest, and seasonal evergreen forest.
View the Source2. EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014)
3. Lar gibbon (Wikidata)
WikidataStatements section, habitat (P2974): TerrestrialQuote, Statements section, habitat (P2974): Terrestrial
Wikidata habitat statement (P2974) resolves to a terrestrial habitat type.
4. Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Hylobates lar
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyConservation Status: CITESQuote, Conservation Status: CITES
CITES Appendix I
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 Reader Challenges (0)
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