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8 obsolete. Naked skin of the face black. According to all accounts, this species is much more variable in colour than H. hoolock, and pale-coloured specimens are far commoner, in some localities predominating.

Fig. 2.—Hylobates lar. (From a drawing by Col. Tickell.)

Dimensions. An adult male, according to Tickell, measures from crown to rump 19·6 inches, fore limb 25 (humerus 9·5, radius 9·5, hand 6), hind limb 19·5 (femur 7·5, tibia 7·5, foot 4·5). The height, when standing erect, is about 30 inches; some are said to be larger. Females are smaller than males. An adult skull is 4·15 inches long from the occiput, 3·05 from the foramen magnum, 2·95 broad.

Distribution. The white-handed Gibbon is found in Tenasserim in the forests skirting the hills up to an elevation of 3000 or 3500 feet above the sea, and throughout the Malayan peninsula. Tickell