Western hoolock gibbon

Western hoolock gibbon
A female in the foreground, and a male in the background
CITES Appendix I (CITES)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Family: Hylobatidae
Genus: Hoolock
Species:
H. hoolock
Binomial name
Hoolock hoolock
(Harlan, 1834)
Western hoolock gibbon range
Synonyms

Simia hoolock protonym

The western hoolock gibbon (Hoolock hoolock) is a primate from the gibbon family, Hylobatidae. The species is found in Assam, Mizoram, and Meghalaya in India, Bangladesh, and Myanmar west of the Chindwin River.