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'''''Bunopithecus''''' is an [[extinct]] genus of [[primate]] represented by one species, '''''Bunopithecus sericus''''', a [[gibbon]] or gibbon-like ape. Its remains were first discovered in [[Sichuan]], [[China]], in strata from the [[Middle Pleistocene]].<ref name=Mootnick>{{cite journal | last = Mootnick | first = A. | author2 = Groves, C. P. | year = 2005 | title = A new generic name for the hoolock gibbon (Hylobatidae) | journal = International Journal of Primatology | url = http://www.gibboncenter.org/publications/Hoolock%20Generic%20Name.pdf | issue = 26 | pages = 971–976 | doi = 10.1007/s10764-005-5332-4 | volume = 26 | deadurl = yes | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110927140841/http://www.gibboncenter.org/publications/Hoolock%20Generic%20Name.pdf | archivedate = 2011-09-27 | df = |
'''''Bunopithecus''''' is an [[extinct]] genus of [[primate]] represented by one species, '''''Bunopithecus sericus''''', a [[gibbon]] or gibbon-like ape. Its remains were first discovered in [[Sichuan]], [[China]], in strata from the [[Middle Pleistocene]].<ref name=Mootnick>{{cite journal | last = Mootnick | first = A. | author2 = Groves, C. P. | year = 2005 | title = A new generic name for the hoolock gibbon (Hylobatidae) | journal = International Journal of Primatology | url = http://www.gibboncenter.org/publications/Hoolock%20Generic%20Name.pdf | issue = 26 | pages = 971–976 | doi = 10.1007/s10764-005-5332-4 | volume = 26 | deadurl = yes | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110927140841/http://www.gibboncenter.org/publications/Hoolock%20Generic%20Name.pdf | archivedate = 2011-09-27 | df = }}</ref> |
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Although the [[hoolock gibbon]] species were once included in the genus ''Bunopithecus'', they have recently been removed and ''B. sericus'' remains as the only known species of this genus.<ref name=Mootnick/> |
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Bunopithecus is an extinct genus of primate represented by one species, Bunopithecus sericus, a gibbon or gibbon-like ape. Its remains were first discovered in Sichuan, China, in strata from the Middle Pleistocene.[1]
Although the three
- ^ Mootnick, A.; Groves, C. P. (2005). "A new generic name for the hoolock gibbon (Hylobatidae)" (PDF). International Journal of Primatology. 26 (26): 971–976. doi:10.1007/s10764-005-5332-4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-27.
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