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Hoolock hoolock (western hoolock gibbon)

Mammalia - Primates - Hylobatidae

Taxonomy
Simia hoolock was named by Harlan (1834). It is extant.

It was recombined as Hylobates hoolock by Elliot (1913), Kloss (1929) and Fooden (1969); it was recombined as Hylobates (Bunopithecus) hoolock by Prouty et al. (1983); it was recombined as Hoolock hoolock by Mootnick and Groves (2005) and Thinh et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1834Simia hoolock Harlan
1913Hylobates hoolock Elliot
1929Hylobates hoolock Kloss p. 114
1969Hylobates hoolock Fooden p. 627
1983Hylobates (Bunopithecus) hoolock Prouty et al.
2005Hoolock hoolock Mootnick and Groves p. 973
2010Hoolock hoolock 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
genusHoolock
specieshoolock(Harlan 1834)

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.

Hoolock hoolock Harlan 1834 [western hoolock gibbon]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealf
Diet: frugivoref
Diet 2: folivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 19:21:05
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979
Collections
No collection or age range data are available