Hylobates lar (Linnaeus, 1771) . Mant. Plant., p. 521.

TYPE LOCALITY: Malaysia, Malacca .

DISTRIBUTION: Between the Salween and Mekong rivers from S. Yunnan (China) south to the Mun River (Thailand) and the Mudah and Thepha rivers on the Malay Peninsula; S. Malay Peninsula S. of the Perak and Kelantan rivers; Sumatra N. W. of Lake Toba and the Singkil River; E. and S. Burma.

COMMENT: Type locality restricted by Kloss, 1929, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1929:117.

PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix I as Hylobates spp. and U.S. ESA - Endangered as Hylobates spp. (including Nomascus spp.).

ISIS NUMBER: 5301406009001005001.