Skywalker hoolock gibbon | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Suborder: | Haplorhini |
Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
Family: | Hylobatidae |
Genus: | Hoolock |
Species: | H. tianxing
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Binomial name | |
Hoolock tianxing Fan et al., 2017 [3]
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Myanmar and surroundings in southern Asia |
The Skywalker hoolock gibbon or Gaoligong hoolock gibbon[4] (Hoolock tianxing) is an arboreal[5] primate in the gibbon family, Hylobatidae. It is one of three species of hoolock gibbon and was first described in January 2017 in the American Journal of Primatology.[6] The Skywalker hoolock gibbon is one of two species of Eastern hoolocks: H. tianxing and H. leuconedys.[3] Researchers estimate H. tianxing diverged from H. leuconedys roughly 490,000 years ago.[4] The Eastern hoolock is vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, with a population of 310,000–370,000 individuals.[3] Of this population, H. tianxing makes up less than 150 individuals, making the Skywalker hoolock gibbon an endangered species.[7]
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