Hylobates lar (English spelling) Hylobateslar

Japanese: Hylobates lar(英語表記)Hylobateslar
Hylobates lar (English spelling) Hylobateslar

...Also called Gibbon. Widely distributed throughout Southeast Asia, it is divided into one genus and eight species, including the white-handed gibbon ( Hylobates lar ), the hoolock gibbon (H. hooloch) , and the black-and-white gibbon (H. concolor) , based mainly on differences in fur color, but the white-and-white gibbon (Hylobates lar) is sometimes classified as a separate genus. The head and body length is about 50 cm, but the upper limbs are long, about 2.5 times the length of the body, hence the name.

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Japanese:

…ギボンともいう。東南アジア一帯に広く分布しており,おもに毛色の違いに基づいてシロテテナガザルHylobates lar(イラスト),フーロックテナガザルH.hooloch,クロテナガザルH.concolorなど1属8種に分けられるが,フクロテナガザル(イラスト)だけは別属に分類されることもある。頭胴長は50cm前後であるが,上肢が長く,胴の長さの2.5倍ほどもあるのでこの名がある。…

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