Sumatran lar gibbon
Subspecies of ape
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The Sumatran lar gibbon (Hylobates lar vestitus), also known as the Sumatran white-handed gibbon, is a subspecies of the lar gibbon, a primate in the gibbon family Hylobatidae. It is native to the island of Sumatra, Indonesia.[1] It shares the tree tops with orangutans, which, like the gibbon, rarely come out of the trees due to predators, such as tigers and possibly sun bears.
| Sumatran lar gibbon | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Superfamily: | Hominoidea |
| Family: | Hylobatidae |
| Genus: | Hylobates |
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| Subspecies: | H. l. vestitus |
| Trinomial name | |
| Hylobates lar vestitus Miller, 1942 | |
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| Lar gibbon range, including northern Sumatra | |
