| Bunopithecus sericus Temporal range: Middle Pleistocene |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Family: | Hylobatidae |
| Genus: | Bunopithecus Matthew and Granger, 1923 |
| Species: | B. sericus |
| Binomial name | |
| Bunopithecus sericus Matthew and Granger, 1923 |
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Bunopithecus sericus is an extinct gibbon or gibbon-like primate. Its remains were first discovered in Sichuan, China, in strata from the Middle Pleistocene,[1] but have since been found all over Southern Europe and Asia. It was a frugivore, and, like modern apes, did not have a tail.
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.[1]