Gibbon
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Gibbons[1][2] Fossil range: Miocene to Recent |
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Lar Gibbon (Hylobates lar)
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A gibbon is a type of ape. It has long arms and swings on the underside of branches. It is one of the smallest apes.
[change] Taxonomy
- Family Hylobatidae: gibbons[1]
- Genus Hylobates
- Lar Gibbon or White-handed Gibbon, Hylobates lar
- Malaysian Lar Gibbon, Hylobates lar lar
- Carpenter's Lar Gibbon, Hylobates lar carpenteri
- Central Lar Gibbon, Hylobates lar entelloides
- Sumatran Lar Gibbon, Hylobates lar vestitus
- Yunnan Lar Gibbon, Hylobates lar yunnanensis
- Agile Gibbon or Black-handed Gibbon, Hylobates agilis
- Mountain Agile Gibbon, Hylobates agilis agilis
- Bornean White-bearded Gibbon, Hylobates agilis albibarbis
- Lowland Agile Gibbon, Hylobates agilis unko
- Müller's Bornean Gibbon, Hylobates muelleri
- Müller's Gray Gibbon, Hylobates muelleri muelleri
- Abbott's Gray Gibbon, Hylobates muelleri abbotti
- Northern Gray Gibbon, Hylobates muelleri funereus
- Silvery Gibbon, Hylobates moloch
- Western Silvery Gibbon or Western Javan Gibbon, Hylobates moloch moloch
- Eastern Silvery Gibbon or Central Javan Gibbon, Hylobates moloch pongoalsoni
- Pileated Gibbon or Capped Gibbon, Hylobates pileatus
- Kloss's Gibbon or Mentawai Gibbon or Bilou, Hylobates klossii
- Lar Gibbon or White-handed Gibbon, Hylobates lar
- Genus Hoolock
- Western Hoolock Gibbon, Hoolock hoolock
- Eastern Hoolock Gibbon, Hoolock leuconedys
- Genus Symphalangus
- Siamang, Symphalangus syndactylus
- Genus Nomascus
- Concolor or Black Crested Gibbon, Nomascus concolor
- Nomascus concolor concolor
- Nomascus concolor lu
- Nomascus concolor jingdongensis
- Nomascus concolor furvogaster
- Eastern Black Crested Gibbon, Nomascus nasutus
- Cao Vit Gibbon, Nomascus nasutus nasutus
- Hainan Gibbon, Nomascus nasutus hainanus
- White-cheeked Crested Gibbon, Nomascus leucogenys
- Northern White-cheeked Crested Gibbon, Nomascus leucogenys leucogenys
- Southern White-cheeked Crested Gibbon, Nomascus leucogenys siki
- Yellow-cheeked Gibbon, Nomascus gabriellae
- Concolor or Black Crested Gibbon, Nomascus concolor
- Genus Hylobates
[change] References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Groves, Colin (16 November 2005). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 178-181. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
- ↑ Mootnick, A., Groves, C. P. (2005). "A new generic name for the hoolock gibbon (Hylobatidae)". International Journal of Primatology (26): 971-976.