Hylobates abbotti

Kloss, 1929

Western Gray Gibbon

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Primates
Suborder : Haplorhini
Infraorder : Simiiformes
Parvorder : Catarrhini
Superfamily : Hominoidea
Family : Hylobatidae
Genus : Hylobates

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Kloss, C.B. 1929-04-30. Some remarks on the gibbons, with the description of a new sub-species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1929(1):113-127.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1929.tb07692.x

Original name as described

Hylobates cinereus abbotti

Other common names

Abbott's Gibbon · West Bornean Gray Gibbon · Abbott's Gray Gibbon

Type material

USNM:MAMM:142172

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3f17abf51-a4c7-4e6f-b967-e173a2c558a9

Type locality

Indonesia, Pontianak, south-western Borneo.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Malaysia · Indonesia

Taxonomy notes

split from H. muelleri

Taxonomy notes citation

Chivers, D.J., Anandam, M.V., Groves, C.P., Molur, S., Rawson, B.M., Richardson, M.C., Roos, C. and Whittaker, D. 2013. Family Hylobatidae (gibbons). Pp. 778–791 in Mittermeier, R.A., Rylands, A.B. and Wilson, D.E. (eds.). Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Volume 3. Primates. Lynx, Barcelona, 952 pp. a#59525 · Roos, C. 2016. Phylogeny and classification of gibbons (Hylobatidae). Pp. 151–165 in Reichard, U.H., Hirai, H. and Barelli, C. (eds.). Evolution of Gibbons and Siamang. Springer New York. doi:10.1007/978-1-4939-5614-2_7

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000727

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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 cinereus abbotti

Kloss, 1929

Family

Hylobatidae

Root name

abbotti

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:142172

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3f17abf51-a4c7-4e6f-b967-e173a2c558a9

Authority page

119

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Hylobates moloch abbotti

Chasen, 1940

Family

Hylobatidae

Root name

abbotti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

64

Authority publication

Bulletin of Raffles Museum

Name usages

Chasen (1940:64) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5889)

Hylobates muelleri abbotti

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

Family

Hylobatidae

Root name

abbotti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

150

Authority publication

International Journal of Primatology

Name usages

  1. Brandon-Jones, Eudey, Geissmann, Groves, Melnick, Morales, Shekelle & Stewart (2004:150) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5237)
  2. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Hylobates abbotti

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

Family

Hylobatidae

Root name

abbotti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

784

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:784) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  2. Roos, Boonratana, Supriatna, Fellowes, Groves, Nash, Rylands & Mittermeier (2014:17) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20030)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000531) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000531) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000727) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/39889/17990882) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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