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Hoolock  Mootnick and Groves, 2005
Taxonomic Serial No.: 943871

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Bunopithecus Matthew and Granger, 1923
  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2023   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderPrimates Linnaeus, 1758 – homem, macaco, primata, sagui, primates, primates  
                                  SuborderHaplorrhini Pocock, 1918  
                                     InfraorderSimiiformes Haeckel, 1866  
                                        SuperfamilyHominoidea Gray, 1825  
                                           FamilyHylobatidae Gray, 1871 – gibbons  
                                              GenusHoolock Mootnick and Groves, 2005  
    Direct Children:  
                                                 Species Hoolock hoolock (Harlan, 1834) – Western Hoolock Gibbon 
                                                 Species Hoolock leuconedys (Groves, 1967) – Eastern Hoolock Gibbon 
                                                 Species Hoolock tianxing Peng-Fei Fan, Kai He, Xing Chen et al., 2017 – Skywalker Hoolock Gibbon, Gaoligong Hoolock Gibbon 
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Mittermeier, Rusell A., Anthony B. Rylands, and Don E. Wilson, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2013   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Volume 3. Primates   
  Page(s): 951   
  Publisher: Lynx Edicions   
  Publication Place: Barcelona, Spain   
  ISBN/ISSN: 9788496553897   
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  Reference for: Hoolock   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Mootnick, Alan, and Colin Groves  
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title: A new generic name for the Hoolock Gibbon (Hylobatidae)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: International Journal of Primatology, vol. 26, no. 4   
  Page(s): 971-976   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0164-0291   
  Notes: doi: 10.1007/s10764-005-5332-4   
  Reference for: original description   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: Mootnick and Groves (2005) found that the generic name Bunopithecus is not applicable to Hoolock Gibbons  
 

 

    

 
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