Hylobates
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See also: hylobates
Translingual
Etymology
New Latin, from Ancient Greek ὑλοβάτης (hulobátēs, “one who haunts the woods”) from Ancient Greek ὕλη (húlē, “woods, forest”) + βαίνω (baínō, “to wander, to stroll”).
Proper noun
Hylobates m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Hylobatidae – gibbons.
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): Hylobates lar (white-handed gibbon) - type species; Hylobates agilis (agile gibbon), Hylobates pileatus (pileated gibbon) - selected other species
References
Hylobates on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Hylobates on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Hylobates on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
