Sumatran lar gibbon
| Sumatran lar gibbon | |
|---|---|
| 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. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 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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