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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