Symphalangus Gloger 1941 (siamang)

Mammalia - Primates - Hylobatidae

Alternative spelling: Hylobates (Symphalangus)

Synonym: Siamanga Gray 1843

Parent taxon: Hylobatidae according to V. N. Thinh et al. 2010

See also Mootnick and Groves 2005, Stone and Rehn 1902 and Zalmout et al. 2010

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

Subtaxa: Symphalangus syndactylus

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Ecology: arboreal frugivore-folivore

Distribution: found only at Punung (Quaternary of Indonesia)

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