Western hoolock gibbon | |
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A female in the foreground, and a male in the background | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Suborder: | Haplorhini |
Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
Family: | Hylobatidae |
Genus: | Hoolock |
Species: | H. hoolock
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Binomial name | |
Hoolock hoolock | |
Western hoolock gibbon range | |
Synonyms | |
Simia hoolock protonym |
The western hoolock gibbon (Hoolock hoolock) is a primate from the gibbon family, Hylobatidae. The species is found in Assam, Mizoram, and Meghalaya in India, Bangladesh, and Myanmar west of the Chindwin River.[4]