One of the 4 gibbons on WAnimals
Mammals · Primates · Hylobatidae
Lar Gibbon
Hylobates lar
Endangered
At very high risk of extinction in the wild in the near future.
The lar gibbon, or white-handed gibbon, is the best-known gibbon and the one with the widest range, from south-western China to Sumatra. Its coat may be black or cream within a single population, but every individual has white hands and feet and a pale ring of hair around the face. It lives in family groups holding territories of some 40 hectares and feeds mainly on ripe fruit, especially figs. It is highly sensitive to logging and to the capture of infants for the pet trade.
Weight
4.4 kg – 7.6 kg
Size
42 cm – 59 cm
Life expectancy
30 years
