Chiyaan Vikram faced online criticism after sharing a video featuring a Lar Gibbon, with questions later raised about how the animal was acquired and whether the required documentation was in placeA video of actor Chiyaan Vikram spending time with a Lar Gibbon has landed him in the middle of a wildlife controversy. Wildlife concerns and questions about the ownership of the animal have since spread across social media and prompted reports of an enquiry. Why the gibbon has raised questionsThe animal seen in the video has been identified as a Lar Gibbon, scientifically known as Hylobates lar. That does not, by itself, mean that every Lar Gibbon kept in India is automatically being held illegally. So, in the case of the Lar Gibbon seen with Vikram, the key question is not simply whether it is an exotic animal.