Hylobates lar (Linnaeus 1771)

[Homo] lar Linnaeus 1771, Mantissa Plantarum: 521.

Type Locality: Malaysia, Malacca (restricted by Kloss, 1929).

Vernacular Names: Lar Gibbon.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Hylobates lar subsp. lar Linnaeus 1771

Subspecies Hylobates lar subsp. carpenteri Groves 1968

Subspecies Hylobates lar subsp. entelloides I. Geoffroy 1842

Subspecies Hylobates lar subsp. vestitus Miller 1942

Subspecies Hylobates lar subsp. yunnanensis Ma and Y. Wang 1986

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.

Conservation: 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.