Facts Summary:
The Lar Gibbon (Hylobates lar) is a species of concern belonging in the species group "mammals" and found in the following area(s): China (Yunnan), Indonesia (Sumatra), Laos, Malay Peninsula, Myanmar, Thailand. This species is also known by the following name(s): White-handed Gibbon or Common Gibbon. 4 subspecies endangered: Malaysian Lar Gibbon (H. l. lar), Carpenter's Lar Gibbon (H. l. carpenteri), Central Lar Gibbon (H. l. entelloides), Sumatran Lar Gibbon (H. l. vestitus), Yunnan Lar Gibbon (H. l. yunnanensis).
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