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A presumptive new hylobatid subgenus with 38 chromosomes
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BiologyAnimal TaxonomyPhylogeneticsHoolock GibbonNatural SciencesGeneticsEvolutionary BiologyOwn SubgenusGenetic VariationZoological TaxonomyMedicineDiploid Number
The gibbon <i>Hylobates hoolock </i>has been found to possess a karyotype different in diploid number and banding pattern from that of any other hylobatid. We propose that the hoolock gibbon occupy its own subgenus in the genus <i>Hylobates.</i>