Central lar gibbon

Central lar gibbon [1]
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1) [2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Suborder:	Haplorhini
Infraorder:	Simiiformes
Family:	Hylobatidae
Genus:	Hylobates
Species:	H. lar
Subspecies:	H. l. entelloides
Trinomial name
Hylobates lar entelloides I. Geoffroy, 1842

The central lar gibbon (Hylobates lar entelloides) is a subspecies of white-handed or lar gibbon that is vulnerable to extinction. ^[2] It is endemic to Malaysia, Myanmar, and Thailand. ^[2] Central lar gibbons tend to live in dense forest areas where there is an abundance of vegetation. This helps the gibbons to be protected from predators and helps them effectively use their brachiation ability (swinging from tree to tree) to navigate long distances within dense forest areas. ^[3]

References

1. Groves, C. P. (2005). "Subspecies Hylobates lar entelloides". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 111–184. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.
2. Brockelman, W.; Geissmann, T. (2020). "Hylobates lar ssp. entelloides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020: e.T39883A17991064. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T39883A17991064.en . Retrieved 6 September 2022.
3. Hankinson, Emma L.; Hill, Ross A.; Marsh, Christopher D.; Nowak, Matt G.; Abdullah, Abdullah; Pasaribu, Nursahara; Supriadi; Nijman, Vincent; Cheyne, Susan M.; Korstjens, Amanda H. (2021-04-01). "Influences of Forest Structure on the Density and Habitat Preference of Two Sympatric Gibbons (Symphalangus syndactylus and Hylobates lar)" . International Journal of Primatology. 42 (2): 237–261. doi:10.1007/s10764-021-00199-2. ISSN   1573-8604.