Hylobates pileatus

J. E. Gray, 1861

Pileated Gibbon

Full view of gibbon hanging from horizontal bar. Also as Capped Gibbon, Crowned Gibbon.
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Location:Switzerland, Zurich ZooDate taken:1 January 1988Description:Full view of gibbon hanging from horizontal bar. Also as Capped Gibbon, Crowned Gibbon.

Distribution :

SE Thailand and Cambodia S of the Mun and Takhrong rivers and W of Mekong River

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 1001

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
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Gray, J.E. 1861-09. List of Mammalia, tortoises and crocodiles collected by M. Mouhot in Camboja. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1861(2):135-140.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28672652

Original name as described

Hylobates pileatus

Other common names

Capped Gibbon · Crowned Gibbon

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1860.4.20.1, BMNH:Mamm:1861.4.12.1, BMNH:Mamm:1861.4.12.2, BMNH:Mamm:1861.4.12.3, BMNH:Mamm:1861.4.12.4, BMNH:Mamm:1861.4.12.5

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/0397576e-658f-47b6-87ff-ed9e5072a3bf https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/04b1d8dd-71e5-4c64-8c76-829c637d377e https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/51be3f1a-aa15-4334-861a-b3ed170140f0 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/53cba842-d7a5-41cc-9218-702b71334fb0 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/57bfc48e-9631-471c-808b-c3bf43a1ddf9 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5b7033f4-21a9-497c-a84e-fa43765b397c https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/6e9a6c68-9e4b-474d-8e7b-5329ca6fb866 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/829663c2-30c3-4dfe-bbd7-f564e006d837 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c2eac3ce-e99d-46bc-8e36-b3549ac4e0db https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ce70525e-c815-46cb-89b0-0b6b3e57843e https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f8ac440e-b447-46b1-a157-bd100b7e5236

Type locality

Cambodia.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Cambodia · Laos · Thailand

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000735

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.

Total: 2 names and synonyms.

Hylobates pileatus

J. E. Gray, 1861

Family

Hylobatidae

Root name

pileatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1860.4.20.1, BMNH:Mamm:1861.4.12.1, BMNH:Mamm:1861.4.12.2, BMNH:Mamm:1861.4.12.3, BMNH:Mamm:1861.4.12.4, BMNH:Mamm:1861.4.12.5

Type kind

syntypes

Original type locality

Camboja

Type locality

Thailand: 12°42′N, 100°47′E.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/0397576e-658f-47b6-87ff-ed9e5072a3bf https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/04b1d8dd-71e5-4c64-8c76-829c637d377e https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/51be3f1a-aa15-4334-861a-b3ed170140f0 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/53cba842-d7a5-41cc-9218-702b71334fb0 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/57bfc48e-9631-471c-808b-c3bf43a1ddf9 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5b7033f4-21a9-497c-a84e-fa43765b397c https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/6e9a6c68-9e4b-474d-8e7b-5329ca6fb866 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/829663c2-30c3-4dfe-bbd7-f564e006d837 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c2eac3ce-e99d-46bc-8e36-b3549ac4e0db https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ce70525e-c815-46cb-89b0-0b6b3e57843e https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f8ac440e-b447-46b1-a157-bd100b7e5236

Authority page

136

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28672652

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Swinhoe (1870:224, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28555054) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69151)
Gray (1871:10, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994504) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/21655)
Schlegel (1876:16, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14895081) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67480)
Trouessart (1904:4, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422873) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Elliot (1913:lxvi, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602398) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35489)
Gyldenstolpe (1916:4, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41891592) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67559)
Corbet & Hill (1980:91) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:242) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:101) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Groves (1993:276) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69008)
Brandon-Jones, Eudey, Geissmann, Groves, Melnick, Morales, Shekelle & Stewart (2004:151) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5237)
Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:785) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
Roos, Boonratana, Supriatna, Fellowes, Groves, Nash, Rylands & Mittermeier (2014:17) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20030)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #10552) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #10552) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000735) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/10552/17966665) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Hylobates lar pileatus:

Chasen, 1935

Family

Hylobatidae

Root name

pileatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

32

Authority publication

Journal of the Natural History Society of Siam

Name usages

Chasen (1935:32) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34045)
Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:212, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722513) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)

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