Lar gibbon

Lar gibbon[1]
Temporal range: Pleistocene - recent[2][3]
In Austria, at the Zoo Salzburg
CITES Appendix I (CITES)[5]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Family: Hylobatidae
Genus: Hylobates
Species:
H. lar
Binomial name
Hylobates lar
(Linnaeus, 1771)
Lar gibbon range

The lar gibbon (Hylobates lar), also known as the white-handed gibbon, is an endangered primate in the gibbon family, Hylobatidae. It is one of the better-known gibbons and is often kept in captivity.

  1. ^ Groves, C. P. (2005). "Order Primates". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 179–180. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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  4. ^ Brockelman, W.; Geissmann, T. (2020). "Hylobates lar". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T10548A17967253. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T10548A17967253.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.