The
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
''Hylobates'' is one of the four genera of
gibbon
Gibbons () are apes in the family Hylobatidae (). The family historically contained one genus, but now is split into four extant genera and 20 species. Gibbons live in subtropical and tropical rainforest from eastern Bangladesh to Northeast Indi ...
s. Its name means "forest walker", from the Greek (, "forest") and (, "one who treads").
It was once considered the only genus, but recently its subgenera (''
Hoolock''
ormerly ''Bunopithecus'' ''
Nomascus'', and ''
Symphalangus'') have been elevated to the genus level.
Yunnan
Yunnan , () is a landlocked province in the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 48.3 million (as of 2018). The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders the ...
) to western and central Java
Java (; id, Jawa, ; jv, ꦗꦮ; su, ) is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia. It is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the south and the Java Sea to the north. With a population of 151.6 million people, Java is the world's mo ...
.
Individuals within this genus are characterized by 44 chromosomes and often have a ring of white fur around their faces.[
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Classification
* Family Hylobatidae: gibbons[
** Genus ''Hylobates''
*** Lar gibbon or white-handed gibbon, ''Hylobates lar''
**** Malaysian lar gibbon, ''Hylobates lar lar''
**** Carpenter's lar gibbon, ''Hylobates lar carpenteri''
**** Central lar gibbon, ''Hylobates lar entelloides''
**** Sumatran lar gibbon, ''Hylobates lar vestitus''
**** ]Yunnan lar gibbon
The Yunnan lar gibbon (''Hylobates lar yunnanensis''), also known as the Yunnan white-handed gibbon, is a subspecies of the lar gibbon, a primate in the gibbon family, Hylobatidae. This Chinese subspecies is thought to be extinct.Grueter et al. ( ...
, ''Hylobates lar yunnanensis''
*** Bornean white-bearded gibbon, ''Hylobates albibarbis''
*** Agile gibbon
The agile gibbon (''Hylobates agilis''), also known as the black-handed gibbon, is an Old World primate in the gibbon family. It is found in Indonesia on the island of Sumatra, Malaysia, and southern Thailand. The species is listed as endangere ...
or black-handed gibbon, ''Hylobates agilis''
*** Western grey gibbon
The western grey gibbon (''Hylobates abbotti''), also known as Abbot's grey gibbon, is a primate in the gibbon family, Hylobatidae. It was named after zoologist William Louis Abbott.
Taxonomy
Formerly, the western grey gibbon and northern gr ...
or Abbott's grey gibbon, ''Hylobates abbotti''
*** Eastern grey gibbon or northern grey gibbon, ''Hylobates funereus''
*** Müller's gibbon or southern grey gibbon, ''Hylobates muelleri''
*** Silvery gibbon, ''Hylobates moloch''
**** Western silvery gibbon or western Javan gibbon, ''Hylobates moloch moloch''
**** Eastern silvery gibbon or central Javan gibbon, ''Hylobates moloch pongoalsoni''
*** Pileated gibbon or capped gibbon, ''Hylobates pileatus''
*** Kloss's gibbon or Mentawai gibbon, bilou or dwarf siamang, ''Hylobates klossii''
** Genus '' Hoolock''
** Genus '' Symphalangus''
** Genus '' Nomascus''
Hybrids
Hybrids between Müller's gibbon (''H. muelleri'') and the Bornean white-bearded gibbon, (''H. albibarbis'') have been reported in areas of Borneo
Borneo (; id, Kalimantan) is the third-largest island in the world and the largest in Asia. At the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, in relation to major Indonesian islands, it is located north of Java, west of Sulawesi, and e ...
.
References
External links
Primate Info Net ''Hylobates'' Factsheets
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Gibbons
Mammals of Southeast Asia
Primate genera
Taxa named by Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger
Taxa described in 1811
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