Hylobates funereus

I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1851

Eastern Gray Gibbon

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Primates
Suborder : Haplorhini
Infraorder : Simiiformes
Parvorder : Catarrhini
Superfamily : Hominoidea
Family : Hylobatidae
Genus : Hylobates

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, I. 1851. Note sur plusieurs espèces nouvelles de Mammifères, de l'ordre des Primates. Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences 31:873-876.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1225274

Original name as described

Hylobates funereus

Other common names

Eastern Müller's Gibbon · East Bornean Gray Gibbon · Müller's Gibbon

Type material

MNHN-ZM-2005-971 (= MNHN:type:8) (= MNHN "48") (= MNHN "68")

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/2005-971

Type locality

Philippines, Sulu Islands.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Indonesia · Brunei · Malaysia

Taxonomy notes

split from H. muelleri

Taxonomy notes citation

Chivers, D.J., Anandam, M.V., Groves, C.P., Molur, S., Rawson, B.M., Richardson, M.C., Roos, C. and Whittaker, D. 2013. Family Hylobatidae (gibbons). Pp. 778–791 in Mittermeier, R.A., Rylands, A.B. and Wilson, D.E. (eds.). Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Volume 3. Primates. Lynx, Barcelona, 952 pp. a#59525 · Roos, C. 2016. Phylogeny and classification of gibbons (Hylobatidae). Pp. 151–165 in Reichard, U.H., Hirai, H. and Barelli, C. (eds.). Evolution of Gibbons and Siamang. Springer New York. doi:10.1007/978-1-4939-5614-2_7

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000730

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Hylobates funereus

I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1851

Family

Hylobatidae

Root name

funereus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-2005-971 (= MNHN:type:8) (= MNHN "48") (= MNHN "68")

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/2005-971

Authority page

874

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1225274

Authority publication

Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences

Name usages

  1. Elera (1895:1, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38853911) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68680)
  2. Trouessart (1904:5, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422872) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  3. Hollister (1912:38, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34354190) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15163)
  4. Elliot (1913:lxvi, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602398) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35489)
  5. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:784) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  6. Roos, Boonratana, Supriatna, Fellowes, Groves, Nash, Rylands & Mittermeier (2014:17) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20030)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000532) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000532) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000730) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/39890/17990856) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Hylobates moloch funereus

Chasen, 1940

Family

Hylobatidae

Root name

funereus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

64

Authority publication

Bulletin of Raffles Museum

Name usages

  1. Chasen (1940:64) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5889)
  2. Davis (1962:68) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16694)

Hylobates muelleri funereus

Brandon-Jones, Eudey, T. Geissmann, Groves, D. J. Melnick, J. C. Morales, Shekelle, & C.-B. Stewart, 2004

Family

Hylobatidae

Root name

funereus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

150

Authority publication

International Journal of Primatology

Name usages

  1. Brandon-Jones, Eudey, Geissmann, Groves, Melnick, Morales, Shekelle & Stewart (2004:150) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5237)
  2. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

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