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Hylobates lar lar (Malayan lar gibbon)

Mammalia - Primates - Hylobatidae

Taxonomy
Hylobates lar lar was named by Linnaeus (1771). It is extant.

Synonyms
  • Pithecus variegatus was named by Geoffroy (1812). It is extant.

    It was recombined as Hylobates variegatus by Owen (1853); it was synonymized subjectively with Hylobates lar lar by Kloss (1929).
  • Simia albimana was named by Vigors and Horsfield (1828). It is extant.

    It was recombined as Hylobates albimanus by Lyon (1908); it was recombined as Hylobates lar albimanus by Kloss (1929); it was synonymized subjectively with Hylobates lar lar by Fooden (1969).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1771Hylobates lar lar Linnaeus
1812Pithecus variegatus Geoffroy
1828Simia albimana Vigors and Horsfield p. 107
1853Hylobates variegatus Owen p. 756
1908Hylobates albimanus Lyon p. 673
1929Hylobates lar albimanus Kloss p. 116
1929Hylobates lar lar Kloss p. 116
1969Hylobates lar lar Fooden p. 627
2010Hylobates lar lar Thinh et al. p. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—Euarchonta
orderPrimates
infraorderHaplorhini(Pocock 1918)
—Anthropoidea(Mivart 1864)
infraorderCatarrhiniGeoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1812
superfamilyHominoideaGray 1825
familyHylobatidaeGray 1870
genusHylobates
specieslar(Linnaeus 1771)
subspecieslarLinnaeus 1771

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Hylobates lar lar Linnaeus 1771 [Malayan lar gibbon]
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Invalid names: Pithecus variegatus Geoffroy 1812 [synonym], Simia albimana Vigors and Horsfield 1828 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealf
Diet: frugivoref
Diet 2: folivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 19:21:05
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991
Collections
No collection or age range data are available