Bunopithecus
Genus of apes
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Bunopithecus is an extinct genus of primate represented by one species, Bunopithecus sericus, a gibbon or gibbon-like ape. Its remains were first discovered in Sichuan, China, in strata from the Middle Pleistocene.[1]
| Bunopithecus Temporal range: Middle Pleistocene | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Family: | Hylobatidae |
| Genus: | †Bunopithecus Matthew & Granger, 1923 |
| Species: | †B. sericus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Bunopithecus sericus | |
Although the three hoolock gibbon species were once included in the genus Bunopithecus, they have recently been removed and B. sericus remains as the only known species of this genus.[1]
