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Some facts about the
White-handed gibbon
Adult weight : 6.81 kg (14.982 lbs)
Maximum longevity : 57 years
Female maturity :2555 days
Male maturity : 1825 days
Gestation : 217 days
Weaning : 600 days
Litter size : 1
Litters per year : 1
Interval between litters : 1095 days
Weight at birth : 0.307 kg (0.6754 lbs)
Weight at weaning : 1.07 kg (2.354 lbs)
White-handed gibbon
Order : Primates
Family : Hylobatidae
Species : Hylobates lar
The Lar Gibbon (Hylobates lar), also known as the white-handed gibbon, ranges from the Southwest of china, to Malysia and Indonesia. They primarily live in trees, where they move swiftly, swinging from branch to branch. They live a monogamous life, mating for life. Their diet consists of fruit, leaves and insects. The Lar gibbon can live to up to 25 years in the wild, but they are threatened in several ways. It is hunted for its meat, or to keep as a pet, but the biggest threat is the loss of its habitat as more and more forests are cut down. photo taken by: de:User:Matthias Trautsch, licensed under GFDL.
The Common gibbon, lar gibbon, white-handed gibbon is listed as Near Threatened (Near Threatened (NT), is close to qualifying for or is likely to qualify for a threatened category in the near future, or LR/nt), is close to qualifying for or is likely to qualify for a threatened category in the near future, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Namings for the whitehanded gibbon
A whitehanded gibbon group is called a 'flange'.
Facts about the white-handed gibbon
"Hence it is interesting that a species with one of the largest positive cerebellar residuals in our study (Hylobates lar) is among the most versatile, with climbing, bipedal walking and running, leaping, bridging, and brachiating all in its repertoire (Hollihn, 1984). (Full text)
White-handed gibbons are found throughout Asia. (Full text)
White-handed gibbons are in the Lower Risk category of the IUCN Red List. (Full text)
The white-handed gibbon is a monogamous species that forms small groups (Full text)
The white-handed gibbon, or Hylobates lar, is the smallest primate in the (Full text)
White-handed Gibbon Hylobates lar is in superfamily Hominoidea with apes, inhabits tropical rainforest in Indo-China and Sumatra where it swings fast and accurately through treetops with its long arms, easily leaping 10m gaps. (Full text)
The Lar Gibbon (Hylobates lar), also known as the White-handed Gibbon, is a primate in the Hylobatidae or gibbon family. (Full text)
The White-handed Gibbon is a very acrobatic animal living in the treetops of South East Asia. (Full text)
The White-handed Gibbons are an endangered species because of the d_______________ of (Full text)
White-handed gibbons are listed as endangered by the USDI and on Appendix I of the CITES. (Full text)
White-handed Gibbons are threatened by. (Full text)
A male baby white-handed gibbon is on display in the nursery, next to the baby gorilla and baby orangutan! (Full text)
The endangered White-handed Gibbon is common at Khao Sok National (Full text)
White Handed Gibbons are in the Primate Order of the Hylobatidae Family of the lesser apes, in the Genus Hylobates (which includes all 11 species of gibbons) from the H. (Full text)
The white-handed gibbon is found in Southeast Asia. (Full text)
White-handed GibbonHylobates lar Also Called: Common Lar or Malaysian Lar Swinging with Baby (362 KB) Baby (343 KB)White-handed gibbons are small, tailless apes with dense, shaggy fur ranging from black to pale gray. (Full text)
The average body mass for an adult male white-handed gibbon is (Full text)
1. Hylobates, genus Hylobates -- (gibbons)Hylobates
genus Hylobates
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