A new generic name for the hoolock gibbon (Hylobatidae)

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 971-976

  Mootnick, Alan ^a   Groves, Colin ^b  

^a Gibbon Conservation Center   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bunopithecus; Gibbon; Hoolock; Hylobatidae; Nomenclature; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

NOMENCLATURE; PRIMATE; TAXONOMY;

BUNOPITHECUS; HAPLORHINI; HYLOBATES HOOLOCK; HYLOBATES SP.; HYLOBATIDAE;

EID: 23844553941     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-005-5332-4     Document Type: Article

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