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DeCS
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Descriptor English:
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Hylobates
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Descriptor Spanish:
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Hylobates
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Hylobates
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Synonyms English:
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Gibbon
Gibbons
Nomascus
Siamang
Siamangs
Symphalangus
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Tree Number:
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B01.050.150.900.649.313.988.400.112.420.390
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Definition English:
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A genus of the family HYLOBATIDAE consisting of six species. The members of this genus inhabit rain forests in southeast Asia. They are arboreal and differ from other anthropoids in the great length of their arms and very slender bodies and limbs. Their major means of locomotion is by swinging from branch to branch by their arms. Hylobates means dweller in the trees. Some authors refer to Symphalangus and Nomascus as Hylobates. The six genera include: H. concolor (crested or black gibbon), H. hoolock (Hoolock gibbon), H. klossii (Kloss's gibbon; dwarf siamang), H. lar (common gibbon), H. pileatus (pileated gibbon), and H. syndactylus (siamang). H. lar is also known as H. agilis (lar gibbon), H. moloch (agile gibbon), and H. muelleri (silvery gibbon). |
Indexing Annotation English:
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index NIM with no qualifiers when an experimental animal; diseases: coordinate with specific disease /vet
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History Note English:
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91(81); was see under PONGIDAE 1981-90; was GIBBONS see under APES 1975-80
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Allowable Qualifiers English:
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Record Number:
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7101
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Unique Identifier:
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D006922
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