Translingual

Nomascus leucogenys, female and male

Proper noun

Nomascus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Hylobatidae – some of the gibbons, all endangered or critically endangered.

Usage notes

Formerly considered a single species within Hylobates, called Hylobates concolor.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Mammalia - class; Trechnotheria - subclass; Zatheria - infraclass; Theria - supercohort; Eutheria - cohort; Epitheria - magnorder; Euarchontoglires - superorder; Primates - order; Haplorrhini - suborder; Simiiformes - infraorder; Catarrhini - parvorder; Hominoidea - superfamily; Hylobatidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Nomascus concolor, Nomascus nasutus, Nomascus leucogenys, Nomascus gabriellae, Nomascus siki, Nomascus annamensis (species)