LAR GIBBON

THIS IS A LAR GIBBON

LOCATION/BIOME

• Southeastern Asia
• Lowland forest
• Old growth tropical rainforests

CLASSIFICATION

• Domain- Eukarya
• Kingdom- Animalia
• Phylum- Chordata
• Class- Mammalia
• Order- Primates

REST OF CLASSIFICATION

• Family- Hylobatidae
• Genus- Hylobates
• Species- Lar

FIVE ABIOTIC FACTOR THAT AFFECT THE GIBBON

• They eat berries, sweet fruits, and nuts
• They love in humid places that are closer to the ground
• They usually gwt around 3.4 hpurs of sleep a day
• They live between 20-40 years
• They can live in temperature zones of 77-86 degrees

FIVE BIOTIC FACTORS THAT AFFECT THE GIBBON

• Humans hunt them for meat
• Moms are killed so that babies can be kept ad pets
• Deforestation
• Leopards, snakes, birds hunt them
• Humans hunt them for medicine in their skin

FUN FACTS

• They come in mainly 2 different colors: dark brown and light buff
• Their average weight is about 44 pounds
• Body length is about 44-63 cm (just under 3ft)
• Parents usually take care of their kin until they're 1 year old
• They can start a family in between the ages of 6 and 7

CITES

• www.rainforestanimals.net/rainforestanimal/gibbon.html
• www.oaklandzoo.org/White_Handed_Lar_Gibbon.php
• a-z-animals.com/animals/gibbon/
• www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/apes/gibbon/
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lar_gibbon

MORE CITES

• pin.primate.wisc.edu/factsheets/entry/lar_gibbon/cons
• animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Hylobate_lar
• animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/gibbon/