#0459 · 🦊 mammals
Lar Gibbon
🇳🇱 Withandgibbon ·Hylobates lar
7 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
what is it?
The lar gibbon ( Hylobates lar ), also known as the white-handed gibbon , is an endangered primate in the gibbon family, Hylobatidae. It is one of the better-known gibbons and is often seen in zoos.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 2,198 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1771 (255 years ago).
- Listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List.
fact sheet
- English
- Lar Gibbon
- Nederlands
- Withandgibbon
- scientific name
- Hylobates lar
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Primates
- family
- Hylobatidae
- IUCN Red List
- EN · endangered
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 2,198
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1771
IUCN in Dutch: bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 43593, Wikidata Q208043, GBIF 5219553, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.