We describe a species of Hoolock gibbon (Primates: Hylobatidae) that is new to science
from eastern Myanmar and southwestern China. The genus of hoolock gibbons comprises …

The Hylobatidae (gibbons) are among the most endangered primates and their evolutionary
history and systematics remain largely unresolved. We have investigated the species-level …

Abstract Gibbons, Family Hylobatidae, are small, arboreal apes of the tropical and semi-
deciduous forests of southeast Asia and parts of south and east Asia. Four genera and about …

The hoolock gibbons are now ranked one of four genera of the family Hylobatidae (Roos
and Geissmann 2001; Brandon-Jones et al. 2004). They occur in closed canopy forest areas …

Contrary to usual practice, the generic nomen Bunopithecus is not applicable to hoolock
gibbons. We recount the history of its application and explain why it is spurious. We supply a …

We are standing at the precipice of a global conservation crisis created by rapid human
population growth and the associated environmental effects of hunting, industrial …

The fossil record documenting the evolution of hylobatids is extremely poor, so details of
their phylogenetic and geographic origins and subsequent evolutionary history are obscure …

Gibbons (Hylobatidae) are small, arboreal apes indigenous to Southeast Asia that diverged
from other apes∼ 15–18 Ma. Extant lineages radiated rapidly 6–10 Ma and are organized …

Abstract The Nangunhe Nature Reserve in Southwest Yunnan (PRC) has long been
presumed to be the last stronghold of lar (or white-handed) gibbons (Hylobates lar) in China …

Crested gibbons (Nomascus) are in the rarest genus of the family Hylobatidae, with the
Hainan gibbon (Nomascus hainanus) being the rarest primate in the world. In the past, the …