Hylobates hoolock (Harlan, 1834) . Trans. Am. Philos. Soc., 4:52.

TYPE LOCALITY: India, Assam, Garo Hills .

DISTRIBUTION: Between the Brahmaputra and Salween rivers in Assam (India), Burma, and Yunnan (China).

STATUS: CITES - Appendix I; U.S. ESA - Endangered; IUCN - Vulnerable.

SYNONYMS: choromandus, fuscus, golock, hulock, leuconedys, scyritus .

COMMENTS: Subgenus Bunopithecus .