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Malaysian lar gibbon
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
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. lar
Trinomial name
Hylobates lar lar Linnaeus, 1771

The Malaysian lar gibbon (Hylobates lar lar) is an endangered subspecies of white-handed or lar gibbon. It is endemic to Malaysia, and Thailand.

The Malaysian lar gibbon often chooses taller canopy trees at locations with higher elevation for making calls. This subspecies also utilizes topographically convex areas, like hill tops and ridges, as the chosen locations over more concave areas, as it makes the calling location even taller. The reason why white-handed gibbon species, such as the Malaysian lar gibbon, prefer certain calling locations in higher areas, is because fewer obstacles physically intercept transmission of their calls, as reported in sound propagation studies of other primates.

References

1. Groves, C. P. (2005). "Subspecies Hylobates lar lar". 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. 111–184. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
2. ^ Brockelman, W.; Geissmann, T. (2020). "Hylobates lar ssp. lar". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T39881A17990986. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T39881A17990986.en. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
3. Okuda, Toshinori; Matsubara, Haruka; Yamada, Toshihiro; Chew, Wei Chuang; Lau, Alvin Meng Shin; Paska, Jacquoelyne; Nishizaki, Hiromitsu; Omar, Nur Shifatil Ulya binti Sidek; Zakaria, Mohamed (2022). "Spatial distribution of white-handed gibbon calls in relation to forest vertical components, Malaysia, from a perspective of forest management". Global Ecology and Conservation. 38: e02245. doi:10.1016/j.gecco.2022.e02245. S2CID 251148462.

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