White-handed Gibbon

White-Handed Gibbon Is The Lar Gibbon (Hylobates lar) is blessed with arms longer than its legs, making it practically impossible for the animal to walk on all fours. Fortunately, it does not need to, for almost its entire life is spent in the trees. Its long arms are much more useful for swinging hand-over-hand from branch to branch, bridging gaps of up to 10m. The white-handed, or lar gibbon, one of the best known gibbons, is now endangered as rain forests disappear at an alarming rate.

Gibbons mate for life and stay together in the same territory of 12-53 hectares. Their morning duet, started by the female and joined by the male, is primarily a territorial call but singing together is also thought to strengthen their pair bond.