White-handed gibbon  (Hylobates lar)

Facts

Also known as:lar gibbon
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Primates
Family Hylobatidae
Genus Hylobates (1)
Size Head-body length: 45-50 cm (2)
Male weight: c. 5.7 kg (3)
Female weight: c.5.3 kg (3)

Status

Classified as Endangered (EN) on the IUCN Red List (1), and listed on Appendix I of CITES (4). Subspecies: Malaysian lar (Hylobates lar lar), Carpenter's lar (H. l. carpenteri) and Sumatran lar (H. l. vestitus) are all classified as Endangered (EN), the central lar (H. l. entelloides) is classified as Vulnerable (VU) and the Yunnan lar (H. l. yunnanensis) is classified as Data Deficient (DD) on the IUCN Red List (1).