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Taxon: Genus Hylobates Illiger, 1811 - gibbons (mammal)
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Authorship

Original name:  Illiger, C. 1811. Prodr. Syst. Mamm. Avium: 67-68.
Original rank:  op. cit.: 67.
Original spelling:  loc. cit.

Types

Type of: Hylobatidae (Family) Gray, 1871
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]: Hylobates (Subgenus) Illiger, 1811 Ref: E. Delson et al. (eds.), 2000: xxvi. [inferred]
Type, by original designation: Hylobates lar (C. Linnaeus, 1771)

Variants

Former rank: Hylobates (Subgenus) Illiger, 1811 Ref: J.G. Fleagle, 2013: App. 1 (p. 417). [inferred]
Different spelling: Hilobates (Genus) Cuvier, 1829 Ref: S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]: [19 Dec 2008].
Different spelling: Hylobatus (Genus) Schlegel, 1876 Ref: S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]: [19 Dec 2008].

Synonyms

Including: Nomascus (Genus) Miller, 1933 Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 100.
Including: Symphalangus (Genus) Gloger, 1841 Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 100.

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name: echte gibbons

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: gibbons
: lesser apes
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