White-Handed Gibbon
Hylobates lar
Charakteristics
- Origin
Sumatra, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand
- Habitat
tropical lowland rainforests
- Diet
Fruits, leaves, buds, insects
- Status
endangered (decreasing)
- Size
46 cm
- Weight
5 to 7 kg
- Gestation period
213 days
- Achievable age
up to 50 years
Threat Categories of IUCN


A lifelong commitment
Most apes don’t feel the need to commit –gorillas, chimpanzees and orangutans, for example, regularly seek new partners. Gibbons, on the other hand, fall in love for life. Male and female gibbons share the task of rearing the young.