Sumatran lar gibbon
Sumatran lar gibbon | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Family: | Hylobatidae |
Genus: | Hylobates |
Species: | H. lar |
Subspecies: | H. l. vestitus |
Trinomial name | |
Hylobates lar vestitus Miller, 1942 |
The Sumatran lar gibbon (Hylobates lar vestitus), also known as the Sumatran white-handed gibbon, is a subspecies of the lar gibbon, a primate in the gibbon family, Hylobatidae. It is native to the island of Sumatra, Indonesia.[1] It shares the tree tops with orangutans, which, like the gibbon, rarely come out of the trees due to predators, such as tigers and possibly sun bears.
References
- 1 2 Brockelman, W. & Geissmann, T. (2008). "Hylobates lar ssp. vestitus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2008. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 24 August 2009.
External links
- ARKive - images and movies of the white-handed gibbon (Hylobates lar)
- Gibbon Conservation Center
- Thomas Geissmann's Gibbon Research Lab and Gibbon Network
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