Mammalia - Primates - Hylobatidae

Alternative spelling: Hylobates (Bunopithecus)

Full reference: W.D. Matthew and W.T. Granger. 1923. New fossil mammals from the Pliocene of Sze-chuan, China. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 48(17):564-598

Parent taxon: Hylobatidae according to A. Mootnick and C. Groves 2005

Sister taxa: Hoolock, Hylobates, Kapi, Nomascus, Symphalangus, Yuanmoupithecus

Subtaxa: Bunopithecus sericus

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Type: Bunopithecus sericus

Ecology: arboreal frugivore-folivore

Distribution: found only at Yen-ching-kao (Quaternary of China)

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