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Nomascus leucogenys (northern white-cheeked gibbon)

Mammalia - Primates - Hylobatidae

Taxonomy
Hylobates leucogenys was named by Ogilby (1840). It is extant.

It was recombined as Hylobates concolor leucogenys by Kloss (1929); it was recombined as Hylobates (Nomascus) leucogenys by Groves and Wang (1990); it was recombined as Nomascus leucogenys by Thinh et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Hylobates leucogenys Ogilby
1929Hylobates concolor leucogenys Kloss p. 124
1990Hylobates (Nomascus) leucogenys Groves and Wang p. 147
2010Nomascus leucogenys 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
genusNomascus(Miller 1933)
speciesleucogenys(Ogilby 1840)

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.

Nomascus leucogenys Ogilby 1840 [northern white-cheeked gibbon]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available