Hylobates lar (Linnaeus, 1771) . Mantissa Plantarum, p. 521.

TYPE LOCALITY: Malaysia, Malacca (restricted by Kloss, 1929) .

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

STATUS: CITES - Appendix I; U.S. ESA - Endangered.

SYNONYMS: albimana, carpenteri, entelloides, longimana, varius, variegatus, vestitus, yunnanensis .

COMMENTS: Subgenus Hylobates .