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

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000724

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Hylobates scyritus

(Ogilby, 1840)

Family

Hylobatidae

Root name

scyritus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1855.12.24.3

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/802bddc7-f602-494c-8883-d8147f08b75c https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9af80034-9b34-4425-b5fc-17e45ddf221c

Authority publication

book

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Hylobates Choromandus

(W. Ogilby, 1838)

Family

Hylobatidae

Root name

choromandus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1855.12.24.4

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4ac9a3ae-cc05-467e-bf8e-e3b10173fcbb https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f6e2e806-9a72-4803-b7b5-c84f39af3015

Authority page

69

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30570954

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:2) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Hoolock hoolock mishmiensis

Choudhury, 2013

Family

Hylobatidae

Root name

mishmiensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

50

Authority publication

Newsletter & Journal of The Rhino Foundation for nature in NE India

Hylobates hoolock

(E. Blyth, 1863)

Family

Hylobatidae

Root name

hoolock

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

4

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534736

Authority publication

Calcutta

Name usages

  1. Blyth (1863:4, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534736) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:91) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:241) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Bunopithecus hoolock

(Groves, 2005)

Family

Hylobatidae

Root name

hoolock

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:169) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Bunopithecus hoolock hoolock

(Groves, 2005)

Family

Hylobatidae

Root name

hoolock

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

hulock

(Groves, 2005)

Family

Hylobatidae

Root name

hulock

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

179

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Groves (2005:179) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Hoolock hoolock

Mittermeier, Rylands, & D. E. Wilson, 2013

Family

Hylobatidae

Root name

hoolock

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

779

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:779) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #39876) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #39876) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000724) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/39876/17968083) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Simia Golock

(André, 1795)

Family

Hylobatidae

Root name

golock

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

70

Authority publication

Eisenach

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Simia golock

(Bechstein, 1799)

Family

Hylobatidae

Root name

golock

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

partially_suppressed · preoccupied

Authority page

181

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57829784

Authority publication

Weimar

Simia hoolock

(Harlan, 1834)

Family

Hylobatidae

Root name

hoolock

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

52

Authority publication

Transactions of the American Philosophical Society

Hylobates fuscus

(Winslow Lewis, 1834)

Family

Hylobatidae

Root name

fuscus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority publication

Journal of the Natural History Society of Boston

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Hylobates hooloch

(Lesson, 1836)

Family

Hylobatidae

Root name

hooloch

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

3

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62814852

Authority publication

Paris

Hylobates houloch

(Lesson, 1840)

Family

Hylobatidae

Root name

houloch

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

unjustified_emendation

Authority page

54

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9358245

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:2) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

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