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Pygathrix (douc langur)

Osteichthyes - Primates - Cercopithecidae

Taxonomy
Pygathrix was named by Geoffroy (1812). It is extant.

It was assigned to Cercopithecidae by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Colobidae by Jablonski (2002); to Colobinae by Whittaker et al. (2006); and to Colobinae by Xing et al. (2005), Osterholz et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1812Pygathrix Geoffroy
1997Pygathrix McKenna and Bell
2002Pygathrix Jablonski
2005Pygathrix Xing et al.
2006Pygathrix Whittaker et al. p. 889
2008Pygathrix Osterholz et al. p. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
Euarchonta
orderPrimates
infraorderHaplorhini(Pocock 1918)
Anthropoidea(Mivart 1864)
infraorderCatarrhiniGeoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1812
superfamilyCercopithecoidea
familyCercopithecidae
subfamilyColobinaeJerdon 1867
genusPygathrixGeoffroy 1812

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.

G. Pygathrix Geoffroy 1812 [douc langur]
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Pygathrix cinerea Nadler 1997
Pygathrix nemaeus Linnaeus 1771 [red-shanked douc]
Pygathrix nigripes Milne-Edwards 1871 [black-shanked douc]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available