Western hoolock gibbon
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.
| 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 |
| Binomial name | |
| Hoolock hoolock (Harlan, 1834) | |
| Western hoolock gibbon range | |
| Synonyms | |
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Simia hoolock protonym | |
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