Hoolock hoolock
(Harlan, 1834)
Western Hoolock Gibbon
Taxonomy
Subclass | : Theria |
Infraclass | : Placentalia |
Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
Order | : Primates |
Suborder | : Haplorhini |
Infraorder | : Simiiformes |
Parvorder | : Catarrhini |
Superfamily | : Hominoidea |
Family | : Hylobatidae |
Genus | : Hoolock |
Species status
Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005
Authority citation
Trans. Am. Philos. Soc., 4, 52
Original name as described
Simia hoolock
Other common names
Hoolock Gibbon · Western White-browed Gibbon
Type locality
India, Garo Hills, Assam.
Biogeographic realm
Indomalaya
Country distribution
India · Myanmar · Bangladesh · China?
Taxonomy notes
moved from Bunopithecus to the recently described Hoolock; previously included H. leuconedys
Taxonomy notes citation
Mootnick, A., & Groves, C. (2005). A new generic name for the hoolock gibbon (Hylobatidae). International Journal of Primatology, 26(4), 971-976.
IUCN Red List status
Endangered
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