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what is thIS PRIMATE'S common name?
WHITE-HANDED GIBBON
Also known as the LAR GIBBON What is the scientific name?
Hylobates lar WHAT KIND OF PRIMATE IS THIS?
APE Where do they live?
New world or old world?
OLD WORLD fascinating facts
What threatens their future?
Habitat loss is a major threat to the species’ survival. Forests are rapidly disappearing, razed for the logging industry and transformed into agricultural tracts of land. White-handed gibbons are also hunted and killed for their meat. In Thailand, white-handed gibbon mothers are routinely shot and killed and their babies are stolen, to be exploited and traded in the illegal pet market. WHAT IS their CONSERVATION STATUS?
ENDANGERED
What Does this Conservation Status mean?
Endangered (EN) – High risk of extinction in the wild
Any species categorized as Critically Endangered, Endangered, or Vulnerable is considered by conservation scientists to be a threatened species LEARN MORE ABOUT WHITE-HANDED GIBBONS
Go to the white-handed gibbon Primate Species Profiles page are gibbons good pets?
NO
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Common names are not officially defined. They are based on everyday conversational language and may differ by country, region, profession, community, or other factors. As a result, it is not unusual for a species to have multiple common names. Scientific names, on the other hand, are standardized and constant. They are Latinized and rule-bound by a formal naming system called binominal nomenclature. Scientific names prevent misidentification. They typically only change if a species is officially redesignated. x
The biological order of Primates is divided into these classifications:
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New World monkeys are native to Central and South America.
Old World monkeys are native to Africa and Asia. x
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