Hylobates
| Hylobates[1][2] | |
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| Apileated gibbon(Hylobates pileatus) female hanging from tree | |
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
| Family: | Hylobatidae |
| Genus: | Hylobates Illiger,1811 |
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| Homo lar[1] Linnaeus,1771
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| Distribution ofHylobatesand its species (note: Bornean population formerly included inH. agilisis now generally considered a separate species,H. albibarbis;H. muelleriis now split intoH. muelleri,H. abbotti,andH. funereus) | |
ThegenusHylobates/ˌhaɪloʊˈbeɪtiːz/is one of the four genera ofgibbons.Its name means "forest walker", from the Greekhūlē(ὕλη,"forest" ) andbates(βάτης,"one who treads" ).[3][4]
It was once considered the only genus, but recently its subgenera (Hoolock[formerlyBunopithecus],Nomascus,andSymphalangus) have been elevated to the genus level.[1][5]Hylobatesremains the most species-rich and widespread of gibbon genera, ranging from southern China (Yunnan) to western and centralJava.
Individuals within this genus are characterized by 44 chromosomes and often have a ring of white fur around their faces.[2]
Classification[edit]
- FamilyHylobatidae:gibbons[1][2]
- GenusHylobates
- Lar gibbonor 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,Hylobates lar yunnanensis
- Bornean white-bearded gibbon,Hylobates albibarbis
- Agile gibbonor black-handed gibbon,Hylobates agilis
- Western grey gibbonor Abbott's grey gibbon,Hylobates abbotti
- Eastern grey gibbonor northern grey gibbon,Hylobates funereus
- Müller's gibbonor 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 gibbonor capped gibbon,Hylobates pileatus
- Kloss's gibbonor Mentawai gibbon, bilou or dwarf siamang,Hylobates klossii
- Lar gibbonor white-handed gibbon,Hylobates lar
- GenusHoolock
- GenusSymphalangus
- GenusNomascus
- GenusHylobates
Hybrids[edit]
Hybrids betweenMüller's gibbon(H. muelleri) and theBornean white-bearded gibbon,(H. albibarbis) have been reported in areas ofBorneo.[6]A gibbon born at theKujukushima Zooin Japan to a female lar or white-handed gibbon (H. lar) was determined to have been fathered by a male agile gibbon (H. agilis).[7]
References[edit]
- ^abcdGroves, C. P.(2005)."GenusHylobates".InWilson, D. E.;Reeder, D. M. (eds.).Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference(3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 178–181.ISBN0-801-88221-4.OCLC62265494.
- ^abcGeissmann, Thomas."Gibbon Systematics and Species Identification".Retrieved2006-04-13.
- ^βάτης.Liddell, Henry George;Scott, Robert;A Greek–English Lexiconat thePerseus Project:"one that treads or covers"
- ^Craig, John (1848).A new universal etymological technological, and pronouncing dictionary of the English language.p. 962.
- ^Mootnick, A.; Groves, C. P. (2005). "A new generic name for the hoolock gibbon (Hylobatidae)".International Journal of Primatology.26(4): 971–976.doi:10.1007/s10764-005-5332-4.S2CID8394136.
- ^Payne, J.; Francis, C. (2005).A Field Guide to the Mammals of Borneo.Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia: Sabah Society. p. 230.ISBN967-99947-1-6.
- ^Watanuki, Hiroshi (31 January 2023)."Mystery solved: Father of gibbon at Nagasaki Pref. zoo identified through DNA analysis".The Mainichi.Retrieved10 February2023.
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