Hylobates Illiger 1811

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Hylobates Illiger 1811

Hylobates Illiger 1811 , Prodr. Syst. Mamm. Avium: 67.

Type Species: Homo lar Linnaeus 1771

Synonyms: Brachiopithecus Sénéchal 1839 ; Brachitanytes Schultz 1932 ; Cheiron Burnett 1829 ; Gibbon Zimmermann 1777 ; Laratus Gray 1821 ; Methylobates Ameghino 1882 .

Species and subspecies: 7 species with 8 subspecies:

Species Hylobates agilis F. Cuvier 1821

Species Hylobates albibarbis Lyon 1911

Species Hylobates klossii Miller 1903

Species Hylobates lar (Linnaeus 1771)

Subspecies Hylobates lar subsp. lar Linnaeus 1771

Subspecies Hylobates lar subsp. carpenteri Groves 1968

Subspecies Hylobates lar subsp. entelloides I. Geoffroy 1842

Subspecies Hylobates lar subsp. vestitus Miller 1942

Subspecies Hylobates lar subsp. yunnanensis Ma and Y. Wang 1986

Species Hylobates moloch (Audebert 1798)

Species Hylobates muelleri Martin 1841

Subspecies Hylobates muelleri subsp. muelleri Martin 1841

Subspecies Hylobates muelleri subsp. abbotti Kloss 1929

Subspecies Hylobates muelleri subsp. funereus I. Geoffroy 1850

Species Hylobates pileatus Gray 1861

Discussion: Includes Symphalangus according to Anderson (1967:175); and Nomascus according to Corbet and Hill (1980:91); but these should be given generic rank ( Groves, 2001 c). Revised by Groves (1972 b). Reviewed by Marshall and Marshall (1976).