Hylobates moloch

(J. B. Audebert, 1797)

Moloch 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
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Hist. Nat. Singes Makis, 1(2), pl. 2 Audebert JB (1797) Histoire Naturelle des Singes et des Makis. Desray, Paris

Original name as described

Simia Moloch

Other common names

Javan Gibbon · Silvery Javan Gibbon

Type material

MNHN-ZM-2005-970

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/2005-970

Type locality

Indonesia, Java. Restricted by H. Sody in 1949 to W Java, Mt. Salak.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Indonesia

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000733

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.

Simia Moloch

(J. B. Audebert, 1797)

Family

Hylobatidae

Root name

moloch

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-2005-970

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/2005-970

Authority page

pl. 2

Authority publication

Paris

Hylobates lar pongoalsoni

Sody, 1949

Family

Hylobatidae

Root name

pongoalsoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.34322.a, RMNH.MAM.34322.b

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.34322.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.34322.b

Authority page

123

Authority publication

Treubia

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Hylobates leuciscus

Lesson, 1827

Family

Hylobatidae

Root name

leuciscus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

30

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207462

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:30, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207462) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Lesson (1842:3) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  3. Fitzinger (1855:61) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65926)
  4. Blyth (1863:5, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534735) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)

Hylobates moloch

Honacki, Kinman, & Koeppl, 1982

Family

Hylobatidae

Root name

moloch

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

242

Authority publication

Lawrence

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:242) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  3. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:163) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  4. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:783) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #10550) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #10550) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000733) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/10550/17966495) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Simia Nanodes

(A. A. H. Lichtenstein, 1791)

Family

Hylobatidae

Root name

nanodes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

31

Authority publication

Hamburg

Simia cinerea

(G. Cuvier, 1797)

Family

Hylobatidae

Root name

cinereus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

96

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637178

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Cuvier (1797:96, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637178) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38531)

Simia leucisca

(von Schreber, 1797)

Family

Hylobatidae

Root name

leuciscus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

pl. 3B

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31059860

Authority publication

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Name usages

  1. Goldfuss (1809:53, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497834) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)
  2. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Simia cinereus

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803)

Family

Hylobatidae

Root name

cinereus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

4

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Simia hirsuta

(Forster, 1806)

Family

Hylobatidae

Root name

hirsuta

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

81

Authority publication

Paris

Hylobates Leusiscus

É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1834

Family

Hylobatidae

Root name

leusiscus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority publication

Paris

Hylobates leucurus

J. E. Gray, 1861

Family

Hylobatidae

Root name

leucurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

136

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28672652

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Hylobates javanicus

Matschie, 1893

Family

Hylobatidae

Root name

javanicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

62

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7795736

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

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