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Dwarf Gibbons
Hylobates
The genus Hylobates /ˌhaɪloʊˈbeɪtiːz/ is one of the four genera of gibbons. Its name means ‘forest walker’, from the Greek hūlē (ὕλη, ‘forest’) and bates (βάτης, ‘one who treads’).
10 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 9 known species
Lar Gibbon
speciesHylobates lar
North Bornean Gray Gibbon
speciesHylobates funereus
Javan Gibbon
speciesHylobates moloch
Pileated Gibbon
speciesHylobates pileatus
Agile Gibbon
speciesHylobates agilis
Bornean White-bearded Gibbon
speciesHylobates albibarbis
Müller's Gibbon
speciesHylobates muelleri
Kloss’s Gibbon
speciesHylobates klossii
Abbott's Gibbon
speciesHylobates abbotti
Hylobates lar × pileatus
hybridHylobates lar × pileatus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 43586.