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SPECIES Hylobates lar

Author:Linnaeus, 1771.
Citation:Mantissa Plantarum: 521.
Common Name:Lar Gibbon
Type Locality:Malaysia, Malacca (restricted by Kloss, 1929).
Distribution:Between the Salween and Mekong Rivers from S Yunnan (China) south to the Mun River (Thailand) and the Mudah and Thepha Rivers on the Malay Peninsula; S Malay Peninsula south of the Perak and Kelantan Rivers; Sumatra (Indonesia) NW of Lake Toba and the Singkil River; E and S Burma.
Status:CITES – Appendix I; U.S. ESA – Endangered; IUCN – Critically Endangered as H. l. yunnanensis, Lower Risk (nt) as H. l. lar, H. l. carpenteri, H. l. entelloides, and H. l. vestitus.
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Offspring:

SUBSPECIES lar

SUBSPECIES carpenteri

SUBSPECIES entelloides

SUBSPECIES vestitus

SUBSPECIES yunnanensis

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