Hylobates lar

(Linnaeus, 1771)

Lar Gibbon

Oblique view of female with young. Also as Common Gibbon, White-handed Gibbon
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Location:USA, HA, Honolulu Co., Honolulu ZooDate taken:Jan 1, 1989Description:Oblique view of female with young. Also as Common Gibbon, White-handed Gibbon

Distribution :

Between the Salween and Mekong Rivers from S Yunnan (China) south to the Mun River (Thailand) and the Mudah and Thepha Rivers on the Malay Peninsula; S Malay Peninsula south of the Perak and Kelantan Rivers; Sumatra (Indonesia) NW of Lake Toba and the Singkil River; E and S Burma

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 1035

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Primates
Suborder : Haplorhini
Infraorder : Simiiformes
Parvorder : Catarrhini
Superfamily : Hominoidea
Family : Hylobatidae
Genus : Hylobates

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Linnaeus, C. 1771. Mantissa Plantarum altera generum editionis VI. & specierum editionis II. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 587 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42945629

Original name as described

Homo Lar

Other common names

Common Gibbon · White-handed Gibbon · Carpenter's Lar Gibbon · Central Lar Gibbon · Malaysian Lar Gibbon · Sumatran Lar Gibbon · Yunnan Lar Gibbon

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1955.1488

Type kind

neotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c6046eeb-bc08-4508-ac30-e0c9023ac04f

Type locality

Restricted by C. Kloss in 1929 to Malaysia, Malacca.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

China · Myanmar · Laos · Thailand · Malaysia · Indonesia

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000732

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 22 names and synonyms.

Homo Lar

(Linnaeus, 1771)

Family

Hylobatidae

Root name

lar

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1955.1488

Type kind

neotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c6046eeb-bc08-4508-ac30-e0c9023ac04f

Authority page

521

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42945629

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

Müller (1776:4, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51217695) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38532)
Miller (1780:pl. 27, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49649824) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67542)

Simia Lar

(Boddaert, 1772)

Family

Hylobatidae

Root name

lar

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

6

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43563378

Authority publication

Utrecht

Name usages

Boddaert (1772:6, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43563378) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67754)
Boddaert (1785:55, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230019) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35384)
Gmelin (1788:27, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751228) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
Kerr (1792:57, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664075) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
Link (1795:59, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46272935) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35635)
Cuvier (1797:96, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637178) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38531)
Audebert (1799:@fam. 1 sec. 2 p. 1, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58948666) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68277)
Shaw (1800:12, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41150583) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37615)
Daudin (1802:145, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033395) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)
Turton (1802:10, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772847) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)
Fischer (1803:110, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47061717) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69311)
Goldfuss (1809:52, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497833) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)
Fischer (1813:520, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29109631) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/49925)
Voigt (1819:407) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69477)
Virey (1819:274, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35135192) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60385)
Hemprich (1820:18) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69417)
Gray (1821:297) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9308)
Griffith (1821:49) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68343)
Fischer (1829:12) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)

Simia longimana

(von Schreber, 1774)

Family

Hylobatidae

Root name

longimanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

pl. 3

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31059858

Authority publication

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Name usages

Erxleben (1777:9, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15872806) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
Leske (1779:115) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69307)
Borowski (1780:42, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28346910) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67756)
Zimmermann (1783:162) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)
Link (1795:59, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46272935) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35635)
André (1795:69) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37443)
Treviranus (1802:202, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11026068) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72409)
Goldfuss (1809:53, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497834) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)
Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Simia Lar minor

(Kerr, 1792)

Family

Hylobatidae

Root name

minor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

57

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664075

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

Kerr (1792:57, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664075) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)

Pithecus varius

(Latreille, 1801)

Family

Hylobatidae

Root name

varius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

276

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Pithecus lar

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812)

Family

Hylobatidae

Root name

lar

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

88

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3499282

Authority publication

Annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1812:88, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3499282) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17666)
Muirhead (1819:397) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69481)
Ranzani (1820:109, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27804507) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69437)
Desmarest (1821:50, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523814) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34459)

Pithecus variegatus

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812)

Family

Hylobatidae

Root name

variegatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

88

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3499282

Authority publication

Annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1812:88, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3499282) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17666)
Virey (1819:274, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35135192) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60385)
Desmarest (1821:51, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523815) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34459)
Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Simia varia

(G. Fischer, 1813)

Family

Hylobatidae

Root name

varius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

520

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29109631

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

Fischer (1813:520, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29109631) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/49925)
Hemprich (1820:18) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69417)

Pithecus malacensis

(Brewster, 1819)

Family

Hylobatidae

Root name

malacensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

397

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

Muirhead (1819:397) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69481)

Hylobates Lar

H. R. Schinz, 1821

Family

Hylobatidae

Root name

lar

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

101

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51528858

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Name usages

Schinz (1821:101, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51528858) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
Eichwald (1831:387, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35753052) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67585)
Blyth (1840:56, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49918216) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67419)
Lesson (1840:52, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9358243) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38658)
Cuvier (1842:1, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518524) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)
Lesson (1842:3) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
Blyth (1844:463, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40057290) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68447)
Blyth (1863:5, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534735) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
Murray (1866:320, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580316) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
Gray (1871:10, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994504) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/21655)
Sclater (1872:2, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17037796) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61617)
Blyth (1875:1, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38675011) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68967)
Schlegel (1876:15, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14895080) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67480)
Allen (1895:185, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26894321) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15949)
Trouessart (1904:4, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422873) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Elliot (1913:lxvi, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602398) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35489)
Gyldenstolpe (1916:4, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41891592) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67559)
Chasen (1935:32) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34045)
Chasen (1940:64) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5889)
Sanborn (1952:7) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35497)
Corbet & Hill (1980:91) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:242) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:101) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Groves (1993:275) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69008)
Brandon-Jones, Eudey, Geissmann, Groves, Melnick, Morales, Shekelle & Stewart (2004:149) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5237)
Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:162) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
Smith & Xie (2008:170) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:781) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
Roos, Boonratana, Supriatna, Fellowes, Groves, Nash, Rylands & Mittermeier (2014:17) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20030)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #10548) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #10548) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000732) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/10548/17967253) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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