Taxonomic note:  Bunopithecus : A genus‐level taxon for the hoolock gibbon ( Hylobates hoolock ) | Zendy

Prouty Leonard A. | Zendy; Buchanan Philip D. | Zendy; Pollitzer William S. | Zendy; Mootnick Alan R. | Zendy

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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 .

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