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Symphalangus syndactylus (siamang)

Mammalia - Primates - Hylobatidae

Taxonomy
Simia syndactyla was named by Raffles (1822) [also said to be 1821]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Hylobates syndactyla by Owen (1853); it was recombined as Siamanga syndactyla by Pohl (1911); it was recombined as Hylobates syndactylus by Kloss (1929), Chasen (1940), Fooden (1969) and Ruff (2003); it was recombined as Symphalangus syndactylus by Stone and Rehn (1902), Miller (1942) and Thinh et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1821Simia syndactyla Raffles
1822Simia syndactyla Raffles p. 241
1853Hylobates syndactyla Owen p. 757
1902Symphalangus syndactylus Stone and Rehn p. 142
1911Siamanga syndactyla Pohl p. 51
1929Hylobates syndactylus Kloss p. 114
1940Hylobates syndactylus Chasen p. 63
1942Symphalangus syndactylus Miller, Jr. p. 132
1969Hylobates syndactylus Fooden p. 627
2003Hylobates syndactylus Ruff
2010Symphalangus syndactylus Thinh et al. p. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—Euarchonta
orderPrimates
infraorderHaplorhini(Pocock 1918)
—Anthropoidea(Mivart 1864)
infraorderCatarrhiniGeoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1812
superfamilyHominoideaGray 1825
familyHylobatidaeGray 1870
genusSymphalangusGloger 1941
speciessyndactylus(Raffles 1822)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Symphalangus syndactylus Raffles 1822 [siamang]
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Invalid names: Siamanga syndactyla volzi Pohl 1911 [synonym]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available