| Hylobates12 | |
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| A pileated gibbon (Hylobates pileatus) female hanging from tree | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Superfamily: | Hominoidea |
| Family: | Hylobatidae |
| Genus: | Hylobates Illiger, 1811 |
| Type species | |
| Homo lar 1 Linnaeus, 1771
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| Species | |
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| Distribution of Hylobates and its species (note: Bornean population formerly included in H. agilis is now generally considered a separate species, H. albibarbis; H. muelleri is now split into H. muelleri, H. abbotti, and H. funereus) | |
The genus Hylobates (/ˌhaɪloʊˈbeɪtiːz/) is one of the four genera of gibbons. Its name means "forest walker", from the Greek hūlē (ὕλη, "forest") and bates (βάτης, "one who treads").34
It was once considered the only genus, but recently its subgenera (Hoolock [formerly Bunopithecus], Nomascus, and Symphalangus) have been elevated to the genus level.15 Hylobates remains the most species-rich and widespread of gibbon genera, ranging from southern China (Yunnan) to western and central Java.
Individuals within this genus are characterized by 44 chromosomes and often have a ring of white fur around their faces.2
Classification
- Family Hylobatidae: gibbons12
- 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, Hylobates lar yunnanensis
- Bornean white-bearded gibbon, Hylobates albibarbis
- Agile gibbon or black-handed gibbon, Hylobates agilis
- Western grey gibbon 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
- Pileated gibbon or capped gibbon, Hylobates pileatus
- Kloss's gibbon or Mentawai gibbon, bilou or dwarf siamang, Hylobates klossii
- Lar gibbon or white-handed gibbon, Hylobates lar
- Genus Hoolock
- Genus Symphalangus
- Genus Nomascus
- Genus Hylobates
Hybrids
Hybrids between Müller's gibbon (H. muelleri) and the Bornean white-bearded gibbon, (H. albibarbis) have been reported in areas of Borneo.6 A gibbon born at the Kujukushima Zoo in 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
References
- Groves, C. P. (2005). "Genus Hylobates". In Wilson, 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. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
- Geissmann, Thomas. "Gibbon Systematics and Species Identification". Retrieved 2006-04-13.
- βάτης. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus 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. S2CID 8394136.
- Payne, J.; Francis, C. (2005). A Field Guide to the Mammals of Borneo. Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia: Sabah Society. p. 230. ISBN 967-99947-1-6.
- Watanuki, Hiroshi (31 January 2023). "Mystery solved: Father of gibbon at Nagasaki Pref. zoo identified through DNA analysis". The Mainichi. Retrieved 10 February 2023.