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Taxonomic note: Bunopithecus : A genus‐level taxon for the hoolock gibbon ( Hylobates hoolock )
Author(s) -
Prouty Leonard A.,
Buchanan Philip D.,
Pollitzer William S.,
Mootnick Alan R.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
american journal of primatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.988
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1098-2345
pISSN - 0275-2565
DOI - 10.1002/ajp.1350050110
Subject(s) - taxon , zoology , hylobates , biology , genus , ecology
The recent discovery that the hoolock gibbon ( Hylobates hoolock [Harlan, 1834]) has a karyotype distinct from all other hylobatids provides a new and strong motive for revising gibbon taxonomy and establishing hoolocks in a separate, higher taxon. Revising Groves's taxonomy of 1972, we propose that hoolock , along with the fossil species sericus , occupy a subgenus, Bunopithecus . With the newly added taxon, the genus Hylobates would thus contain four subgenera: Bunopithecus , Hylobates , Nomascus , and Symphalangus .