What is Hylobates?
{{italictitle}} {{Taxobox | name = ''Hylobates'' | image = Weisshandgibbon tierpark berlin.jpg | image_width = 220px | image_caption = [[Lar gibbon]] | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | classis = [[Mammal]]ia | ordo = [[Primate]]s | superfamilia = [[Hominoidea]] | familia = [[Hylobatidae]] | genus = '''''Hylobates''''' | range_map = Hylobates_distribution_map_with_legend.svg | range_map_caption= Distribution of ''Hylobates'' and its species (note: Bornean population formerly included in ''H. agilis'' is now generally considered a separate species, ''H. albibarbis'') | range_map_width = 220px }} The [[genus]] '''''Hylobates''''' is one of the four genera of [[gibbon]]s.<ref name=Groves>Groves, Colin 2005. Wilson D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds) ''Mammal Species of the World''. 3rd ed, Johns Hopkins University Press, 178–181. [http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=12100752] {{ISBN|0-801-88221-4}}</ref><ref name=Mootnick>{{cite journal | year = 2005 | title = A new generic name for the hoolock gibbon (Hylobatidae) | journal = International Journal of Primatology | volume = 26 | issue = 4 | pages = 971–976| doi = 10.1007/s10764-005-5332-4 | s2cid = 8394136 | last1 = Mootnick | first1 = Alan | last2 = Groves | first2 = Colin }}</ref><ref name=Geissmann>{{cite web | last = Geissmann | first = Thomas | title = Gibbon systematics and species identification | url = http://gibbons.de/main/system/intro.html | accessdate = 2006-04-13}}</ref> It is the most widespread type of gibbon; there are six or seven [[species]]. Individuals in this genus are characterized by 44 chromosomes and often have a ring of white fur around their faces.<ref name=Geissmann/> == Species == * ''[[Lar Gibbon|Hylobates lar]]'' * ''Agile Gibbon|Hylobates agilis'' * ''[[Bornean White-bearded Gibbon|Hylobates albibarbis]]'' * ''Müller's Bornean Gibbon|Hylobates muelleri'' * ''Silvery Gibbon|Hylobates moloch'' * ''[[Pileated Gibbon|Hylobates pileatus]]'' * ''[[Kloss's Gibbon|Hylobates klossii]]'' ==References== {{reflist}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Apes]] [