Bunopithecus
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Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek βουνός (bounós, “hill”) + πίθηκος (píthēkos, “ape”).
Proper noun
†Bunopithecus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Hylobatidae – a single extinct species Bunopithecus sericus.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia – infraclass; Primates – order; Haplorrhini – suborder; Simiiformes – infraorder; Catarrhini – parvorder; Hominoidea – superfamily; Hylobatidae – family
Hyponyms
- (genus): †Bunopithecus sericus (species)
- Bunopithecus hoolock (= Hoolock hoolock) (obsolete, species reclassified)
Further reading
Bunopithecus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Bunopithecus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Bunopithecus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
