Hoolock leuconedys

(Groves, 1967)

Eastern 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

Authority citation

Groves, C.P. 1967-12-06. Geographic variation in the hoolock or white-browed gibbon (_Hylobates hoolock_ Harlan 1834). Folia Primatologica 7(3-4):276-283.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1159/000155125

Original name as described

Hylobates hoolock leuconedys

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1950.391

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/956457c3-0b52-4ce4-a35f-04c6b2cf0391 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/aa92f0b8-0dbb-48e2-a825-33ce953d98fb

Type locality

Burma (= Myanmar), Sumprabum, 1200 m.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

India? · Myanmar

Taxonomy notes

split from H. hoolock; moved from Bunopithecus to the recently described Hoolock

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

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000725

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 hoolock leuconedys

(Groves, 1967)

Family

Hylobatidae

Root name

leuconedys

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1950.391

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/956457c3-0b52-4ce4-a35f-04c6b2cf0391 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/aa92f0b8-0dbb-48e2-a825-33ce953d98fb

Authority page

280

Authority publication

Folia Primatologica

Bunopithecus hoolock leuconedys

(Brandon-Jones, Eudey, T. Geissmann, Groves, D. J. Melnick, J. C. Morales, Shekelle, & C.-B. Stewart, 2004)

Family

Hylobatidae

Root name

leuconedys

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

148

Authority publication

International Journal of Primatology

Name usages

  1. Brandon-Jones, Eudey, Geissmann, Groves, Melnick, Morales, Shekelle & Stewart (2004:148) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5237)
  2. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  3. Smith & Xie (2008:169) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Hoolock leuconedys

A. Mootnick & Groves, 2005

Family

Hylobatidae

Root name

leuconedys

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

974

Authority publication

International Journal of Primatology

Name usages

  1. Mootnick & Groves (2005:974) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5206)
  2. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:779) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  3. Roos, Boonratana, Supriatna, Fellowes, Groves, Nash, Rylands & Mittermeier (2014:17) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20030)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #39877) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #39877) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000725) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/118355453/17968300) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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