Yangon Zoological Gardens
Wildlife • Conservation • Education
Open Daily • 8 am to 5 pm
The lar gibbon typically lives 25–30 years in the wild and can live up to 40 years in captivity.
The lar gibbon primarily eats fruits, supplemented with leaves, flowers, and occasional insects.
The lar gibbon inhabits tropical evergreen and semi-evergreen forests, living mostly in the forest canopy of lowland and hilly regions.
Southeast Asia: Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Malaysia, and Indonesia (Sumatra)
The lar gibbon is a small, agile, tree-dwelling ape with long arms for brachiation, white hands and face markings, loud territorial calls.
classified as Endangered by the IUCN