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Hylobates lar (lar gibbon)

Mammalia - Primates - Hylobatidae

Taxonomy
Homo lar was named by Linnaeus (1771). It is extant.

It was recombined as Hylobates lar by Owen (1853), Kloss (1929), Fooden (1969), Ruff (2003) and Thinh et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1771Homo lar Linnaeus
1853Hylobates lar Owen p. 756
1929Hylobates lar Kloss p. 114
1969Hylobates lar Fooden p. 627
2003Hylobates lar Ruff
2010Hylobates lar Thinh et al. p. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
Euarchonta
orderPrimates
infraorderHaplorhini(Pocock 1918)
Anthropoidea(Mivart 1864)
infraorderCatarrhiniGeoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1812
superfamilyHominoideaGray 1825
familyHylobatidaeGray 1870
genusHylobates
specieslar(Linnaeus 1771)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Hylobates lar Linnaeus 1771 [lar gibbon]
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Hylobates lar carpenteri Groves 1968 [Carpenter's lar gibbon]
Hylobates lar entelloides Geoffroy 1842 [mainland lar gibbon]
Hylobates lar lar Linnaeus 1771 [Malayan lar gibbon]
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Invalid names: Pithecus variegatus Geoffroy 1812 [synonym], Simia albimana Vigors and Horsfield 1828 [synonym]
Hylobates lar vestitus Miller, Jr. 1942 [Sumatran lar gibbon]
Hylobates lar yunnanensis Ma and Wang 1986 [Yunnan lar gibbon]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealf
Diet: frugivoref
Diet 2: folivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 19:21:05
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979
Collections
No collection or age range data are available