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Hylobatidae (gibbon)
Taxonomy
Hylobatidae was named by Gray (1870). It is extant.
It was assigned to Catarrhina by Gregory (1910); to Primates by Nowak (1991); and to Hominoidea by Simons (1965), Andrews and Simons (1977), Andrews and Cronin (1982), Carroll (1988), Andrews (1992), Harrison (2016) and Gilbert et al. (2020).
It was assigned to Catarrhina by Gregory (1910); to Primates by Nowak (1991); and to Hominoidea by Simons (1965), Andrews and Simons (1977), Andrews and Cronin (1982), Carroll (1988), Andrews (1992), Harrison (2016) and Gilbert et al. (2020).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1870 | Hylobatidae Gray |
1910 | Hylobatidae Gregory p. 465 |
1965 | Hylobatidae Simons p. 136 |
1977 | Hylobatidae Andrews and Simons |
1982 | Hylobatidae Andrews and Cronin p. 545 |
1988 | Hylobatidae Carroll |
1991 | Hylobatidae Nowak |
1992 | Hylobatidae Andrews p. 642 |
2016 | Hylobatidae Harrison |
2020 | Hylobatidae Gilbert et al. |
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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.
Fm. Hylobatidae Gray 1870 [gibbon]
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G. Hoolock Mootnick and Groves 2005 [hoolock gibbon]
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Hoolock hoolock Harlan 1834 [western hoolock gibbon]
Hoolock leuconedys Groves 1967 [eastern hoolock gibbon]
Hoolock tianxing Fan et al. 2017 [Gaoligong hoolock gibbon]
G. Hylobates Illiger 1811
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Hylobates abbotti Kloss 1929 [Abbott's Müller's Bornean gibbon]
Hylobates agilis Cuvier 1821 [agile gibbon]
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Invalid names: Hylobates rafflesi Geoffroy 1828 [synonym], Hylobates unko Lesson 1840 [synonym]
Hylobates albibarbis Lyon 1911 [Bornean white-bearded gibbon]
Hylobates funereus Geoffroy 1850 [northern Müller's Bornean gibbon]
Hylobates klossii Miller 1903 [Kloss's gibbon]
Hylobates lar Linnaeus 1771 [lar gibbon]
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Hylobates lar carpenteri Groves 1968 [Carpenter's lar gibbon]
Hylobates lar entelloides Geoffroy 1842 [mainland lar gibbon]
Hylobates lar lar Linnaeus 1771 [Malayan lar gibbon]
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Invalid names: Pithecus variegatus Geoffroy 1812 [synonym], Simia albimana Vigors and Horsfield 1828 [synonym]
Hylobates lar vestitus Miller, Jr. 1942 [Sumatran lar gibbon]
Hylobates lar yunnanensis Ma and Wang 1986 [Yunnan lar gibbon]
Hylobates moloch Audebert 1797 [silvery Javan gibbon]
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Hylobates cinereus cinereus Latreille 1804
Invalid names: Hylobates leuciscus Schreber 1799 [synonym], Simia cinerea Latreille 1804 [synonym]
Hylobates muelleri Martin 1841 [eastern Müller's Bornean gibbon]
Hylobates pileatus Gray 1861 [pileated gibbon]
G. Nomascus Miller 1933
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Hylobates (Nomascus) gabriellae gabriellae Thomas 1909
Hylobates concolor concolor Harlan 1826
Nomascus annamensis Van Ngoc Thinh et al. 2010
Nomascus concolor Harlan 1826 [black crested gibbon]
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Hylobates concolor henrici de Pousargues 1896
Nomascus concolor concolor Harlan 1826
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Invalid names: Hylobates concolor furvogaster Ma and Wang 1986 [synonym]
Nomascus concolor lu Delacour 1951 [Laotian black crested gibbon]
Invalid names: Hylobates concolor jingdongensis Ma and Wang 1986 [synonym], Hylobates harlani Lesson 1827 [synonym], Hylobates niger Ogilby 1840 [synonym]
Nomascus gabriellae Thomas 1909 [yellow-cheeked gibbon]
Nomascus hainanus Thomas 1892 [Hainan black crested gibbon]
Nomascus leucogenys Ogilby 1840 [northern white-cheeked gibbon]
Nomascus nasutus Kunkel d'Herculais 1884 [eastern black crested gibbon]
Nomascus siki Delacour 1951 [southern white-cheeked gibbon]
G. Symphalangus Gloger 1941 [siamang]
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Hylobates syndactylus continentis Thomas 1908
Symphalangus syndactylus Raffles 1822 [siamang]
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Hylobates syndactylus syndactylus Raffles 1822
Invalid names: Siamanga syndactyla volzi Pohl 1911 [synonym]
Invalid names: Siamanga Gray 1843 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988 |
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 2.58800 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.781 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.781 Ma
Collections (11 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Early/Lower Pleistocene | China ( Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region) | Hylobates sp. (214689) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | China (Guangxi) | Hylobates sp. (230325) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | China (Hunan) | Hylobates sp. (36819) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene | China (Sichuan) | Bunopithecus sericus (226365) | |
Middle Pleistocene | China (Guangdong) | Hylobates sp. (40341) | |
Middle Pleistocene | Vietnam (Lang Son) | Hylobates concolor (92781) | |
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | China (Guangdong) | Hylobates concolor, Hylobates sp. (13293) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial) | China (Hubei) | Hylobates sp. (92787) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Indonesia | Hylobates syndactylus (93524) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Vietnam | Hylobates sp. (107997) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Malaysia | Hylobates moloch (192522) |