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Lar Gibbon
Hylobates lar (Lar Gibbon · シロテテナガザル)
💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed
- 💡 Duet songs sung by a mated pair last an average of about 11 minutes and can be heard 1 km away—about a 10-minute walk (Comparison).
- 💡 In Thailand, an active illegal pet trade makes hunting and capture a major threat.
- 💡 A male's maximum weight of 7.6 kg is about 1/3 of a 20 kg bag of rice (Comparison).
Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.
Site-computed relative index from recorded values; not a formal scientific metric.
📖 1. Overview
The Lar Gibbon is a small, tailless ape that lives in the upper branches of Southeast Asian tropical rainforests.
🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology
Its long arms, hands, and feet are well suited for swinging from branch to branch with alternating arm movements. Its fur ranges from dark gray to black, or pale cream to brown.
🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior
It feeds mainly on ripe fruit and also eats leaves, flowers, and insects. Mated pairs sing duets to advertise their territory, and females give birth to a single young about every 3 and a half years.
🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea
No direct record connecting this species to Korea has been found.
📚 Sources & References
- • IUCN Red List EN (2020) — https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/10548/17967253
- • IUCN Red List category EN — latest assessment at iucnredlist.org
- • mammaldiversity.org — 1000732
- • iucnredlist.org — 17967253
- • wikidata.org — Q208043
- • commons.wikimedia.org — File:Hylobates lar - Kaeng Krachan WB.jpg
- • animaldiversity.org — Hylobates lar
- • Silhouette: PhyloPic — Kai Caspar · CC0 1.0
Recorded dimensions are widely cited representative estimates from public literature and may vary by study or specimen.