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Hylobatidae

Mammal Families

Hylobatidae is a family of apes commonly known as gibbons. The family historically contained a single genus but is now split into four extant genera and twenty species. Gibbons inhabit subtropical and tropical forests from eastern Bangladesh and northeast India through Southeast Asia and Indonesia, including the islands of Sumatra, Borneo and Java.

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Living or Extinct
Yes 1
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Family 1
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Parent Taxon Of

Siamang, Species
Source Siamang (Wikidata)
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Sources
1. Wikipedia: Gibbon
  • Taxonomic rank (Wikipedia confirms the entity; rank from slug/structure-wave classification)
  • Hylobatidae: now split into four extant genera stated explicitly
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Wikidata: Hylobatidae
Wikidata Q185939, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Siamang (Wikidata)
WikidataParent Taxon Of: Siamang, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source
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