Potential distribution of white handed gibbon (Hylobates lar) using ecological niche modelling.

Modelling the potential species distribution through mapping is one of the importance methods for prediction of species existence across the study area. There are approximately 20 species of primates found in Malaysia according to research. In this research, the modelling of the localities of species occurrence data and environmental variable were obtained from Geographical Information System (GIS). This study also used the software of Ecological Niche Modelling using MAXENT to estimate the potential distribution of Hylobates lar species in Malaysia. From the result, this predicted species distribution was found mainly at the southern peninsular Malaysia.