Organisms

Hylobates

A genus of the family HYLOBATIDAE consisting of nine 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.

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A genus of the family HYLOBATIDAE consisting of nine 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.

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2 entry terms
  • Gibbons
  • Gibbon

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18 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings abnormalities, anatomy & histology, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, classification, embryology, genetics, growth & development, immunology, injuries, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, physiology, psychology, surgery, urine, virology.

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NIM when experimental animal; diseases: coordinate with specific disease /vet

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History Note

91(81); was see under PONGIDAE 1981-90; was GIBBONS see under APES 1975-80

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  1. B01w.050w.150w.900w.649w.313w.988w.400w.112w.420w.390w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Hylobates. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006922. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006922
  2. Hylobates. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hylobates
  3. Hylobates. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q878467