Order Primates Author Colin P. Groves text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 243 277 book chapter 193461 10.5281/zenodo.7353122 0df816bd-0cef-463a-94c2-b03e13ea7128 1-56098-217-9 7353122 Hylobates lar (Linnaeus, 1771) . Mantissa Plantarum, p. 521 . TYPE LOCALITY: Malaysia , Malacca (restricted by Kloss, 1929 ) . DISTRIBUTION: Between the Salween and Mekong rivers from S Yunnan ( China ) south to the Mun R. ( Thailand ) and the Mudah and Thepha rivers on the Malay Peninsula; S Malay Peninsula south of the Perak and Kelantan rivers; Sumatra ( Indonesia ) NW of Lake Toba and the Singkil R.; E and S Burma . STATUS: CITES - Appendix I; U.S. ESA - Endangered. SYNONYMS: albimana , carpenteri, entelloides, longimana , varius , variegatus , vestitus , yunnanensis . COMMENTS: Subgenus Hylobates .