Carpenter's lar gibbon
Subspecies of ape
| Carpenter's lar gibbon | |
|---|---|
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
| Family: | Hylobatidae |
| Genus: | Hylobates |
| Species: | H. lar |
| Subspecies: | H. l. carpenteri |
| Trinomial name | |
| Hylobates lar carpenteri Groves, 1968 | |
Carpenter's lar gibbon (Hylobates lar carpenteri) is an endangered subspecies of white-handed gibbon, also known as the lar gibbon.[2][3] It is listed as an endangered species because it is believed to have undergone a decline of more than 50% in the prior three generations due to loss of forest habitat and loss of mature individuals to hunting.[1] The subspecific name honors primatologist Clarence R. Carpenter.[2]
The subspecies is distinguished by sharply distinct dark and light color forms, both having a ring of white hair around the face, with hands and feet white sometimes as far as the wrists and ankles, and the hair much longer than in other subspecies.[2] The dark form is very dark chocolate brown, the tips of the hairs being blackish and their bases silvery-brown, whereas the light form is creamy-white, with the basal one-quarter to one-third of the hairs light gray.[2] Its range is confined to northern and part of northeastern Thailand.[2] In the southwest part of its range, its distribution abuts that of the pileated gibbon, Hylobates pileatus.[2]
References
- ^ a b Brockelman, W.; Geissmann, T. (2020). "Hylobates lar ssp. carpenteri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T39882A17991038. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f Groves, Colin P. (1968). "A new subspecies of white-handed gibbon from northern Thailand, Hylobates lar carpenteri new subspecies". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 81: 625–628. Retrieved 8 Jan 2018.
- ^ Groves, C. P. (2005). "Subspecies Hylobates lar carpenteri". 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. 179–180. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
External links
- ARKive images and movies of the white-handed gibbon, Hylobates lar
- Gibbon Conservation Center
- Thomas Geissmann's Gibbon Research Lab and Gibbon Network
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Extant species of family Hylobatidae (Gibbons)
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Order: Primates
- Suborder: Haplorhini
- Lar gibbon (H. lar)
- Agile gibbon (H. agilis)
- Bornean white-bearded gibbon (H. albibarbis)
- Western grey gibbon (H. abbotti)
- Eastern grey gibbon (H. funereus)
- Müller's gibbon (H. muelleri)
- Silvery gibbon (H. moloch)
- Pileated gibbon (H. pileatus)
- Kloss's gibbon (H. klossii)
- Western hoolock gibbon (H. hoolock)
- Eastern hoolock gibbon (H. leuconedys)
- Skywalker hoolock gibbon (H. tianxing)
- Siamang (S. syndactylus)
- Northern buffed-cheeked gibbon (N. annamensis)
- Black crested gibbon (N. concolor)
- Eastern black crested gibbon (N. nasutus)
- Hainan black crested gibbon (N. hainanus)
- Northern white-cheeked gibbon (N. leucogenys)
- Yellow-cheeked gibbon (N. gabriellae)
- Southern white-cheeked gibbon (N. siki)
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