Carpenter's lar gibbon
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]
| Carpenter's lar gibbon | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
| Family: | Hylobatidae |
| Genus: | Hylobates |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | H. l. carpenteri |
| Trinomial name | |
| Hylobates lar carpenteri Groves, 1968 | |
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
- Brockelman, W.; Geissmann, T. (2020). "Hylobates lar ssp. carpenteri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T39882A17991038. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
- 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.