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Hylobates Illiger 1811

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Description

Hylobates Illiger, 1811. Prodr. Syst. Mamm. Avium., p. 67.

TYPE SPECIES: Homo lar Linnaeus, 1771.

SYNONYMS: Brachiopithecus, Brachitanytes, Bunopithecus, Cheiron, Hoolock, Loratus, Methylobates, Nomascus, Siamanga, Symphalangus.

COMMENTS: Includes Symphalangus, see Anderson (1967:175); and Nomascus, see Corbet and Hill (1980:91). Revised by Groves (1972b). Reviewed by Marshall and Marshall (1976).

Notes

Published as part of Colin P. Groves, 1993, Order Primates, pp. 243-277 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 274, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353122

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Illiger
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Primates
Family
Hylobatidae
Genus
Hylobates
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Hylobates Illiger, 1811 sec. Groves, 1993

References

  • Corbet, G. B., and J. E. Hill. 1980. A world list of mammalian species. British Museum (Natural History), London, 226 pp.
  • Groves, C. P. 1972 b. Systematics and phylogeny of gibbons. Pp. 1 - 89, in Gibbon and siamang: Evolution, ecology, behavior and captive maintenance (D. M. Rumbaugh, ed.). S. Karger, New York, 1: 1 - 263.
  • Marshall, J. T., Jr., and E. R. Marshall. 1976. Gibbons and their territorial songs. Science, 193: 235 - 237.