Bunopithecus sericus

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iBunopithecus sericus Fossil range: Middle Pleistocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Primates Family: Hylobatidae Genus: Bunopithecus Matthew and W. Granger, 1923 Species: B. sericus
Binomial name
Bunopithecus sericus Matthew and W. Granger, 1923

Bunopithecus sericus is an extinct gibbon or gibbon-like primate. Its remains were first discovered in China, but have since been found all over Southern Europe and Asia. It did not have a tail like modern apes and was a frugivore.

Although the two hoolock gibbon species were once included in the Bunopithecus genus, they have recently been removed and B. sericus remains as the only known species of this genus.