Hoolock tianxing

Fan Pengfei, He Kai, Chen Xing, A. Ortiz, Zhang Bin, Zhao Chao, Li Yunqiao, Zhang Haibo, Kimock, Wang Wenzhi, Groves, Turvey, Roos, K. M. Helgen, & Jiang Xuelong, 2017

Skywalker 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

Fan, P.-f., He, K., Chen, X., Ortiz, A., Zhang, B., Zhao, C., Li, Y.-q., Zhang, H.-b., Kimock, C., Wang, W.-z., Groves, C.P., Turvey, S.T., Roos, C., Helgen, K.M. and Jiang, X.-l. 2017-05. Description of a new species of Hoolock gibbon (Primates: Hylobatidae) based on integrative taxonomy. American Journal of Primatology 79(5):e22631.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.22631

Original name as described

Hoolock tianxing

Other common names

Gaoligong Hoolock Gibbon

Type material

AMNH M-43068

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-43068

Type locality

Hongmushu Pass (25.00° N, 98.83° E), Baoshan, Yunnan, China.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Myanmar · China

Taxonomy notes

recently described based on populations previously attributed to H. leuconedys

Taxonomy notes citation

Fan, P. F., He, K., Chen, X., Ortiz, A., Zhang, B., Zhao, C., ... & Groves, C. (2017). Description of a new species of Hoolock gibbon (Primates: Hylobatidae) based on integrative taxonomy. American Journal of Primatology.

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000726

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.

Hoolock tianxing

Fan Pengfei, He Kai, Chen Xing, A. Ortiz, Zhang Bin, Zhao Chao, Li Yunqiao, Zhang Haibo, Kimock, Wang Wenzhi, Groves, Turvey, Roos, K. M. Helgen, & Jiang Xuelong, 2017

Family

Hylobatidae

Root name

tianxing

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-43068

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-43068

Authority page

8

Authority publication

American Journal of Primatology

Name usages

  1. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000530) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000530) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000726) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  4. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/118355648/166597159) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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