Bunopithecus

Bunopithecus; Temporal range: Middle Pleistocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Family:	Hylobatidae
Genus:	Bunopithecus; Matthew & Granger, 1923
Species
	†Bunopithecus sericus

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]

Although the three

↑ Mootnick, A.; Groves, C. P. (2005). "A new generic name for the hoolock gibbon (Hylobatidae)" (PDF). International Journal of Primatology. 26 (26): 971–976. doi:10.1007/s10764-005-5332-4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-27.

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[Mootnick-1] Mootnick, A.; Groves, C. P. (2005). "A new generic name for the hoolock gibbon (Hylobatidae)" (PDF). International Journal of Primatology. 26 (26): 971–976. doi:10.1007/s10764-005-5332-4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-27.