Sumatran lar gibbon
| Sumatran lar gibbon | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
| Family: | Hylobatidae |
| Genus: | Hylobates |
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| Subspecies: | H. l. vestitus
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| Trinomial name | |
| Hylobates lar vestitus Miller, 1942
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| Lar gibbon range, including northern Sumatra | |
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
- ^ a b Brockelman, W.; Geissmann, T.; Nowak, M.G. (2020). "Hylobates lar ssp. vestitus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T39884A17991090. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
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