Study reveals Malaysia may house two distinct subspecies of white-handed gibbon

A file picture of a white-handed gibbon in the Kuala Langat North Forest Reserve. – ZAHARIL DZULKAFLY

PETALING JAYA: A local study on white-handed gibbons in the country may have led to the discovery of a distinct subspecies that may have evolved in isolation.

The study, which was published in the peer-reviewed journal ZooKeys in December, was conducted by scientists from the Wildlife and National Parks Department (Perhilitan), Universiti Putra Malaysia, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak and Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.