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/10.1159/000155125Original 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-a825-33ce953d98fbType 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
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