Junzi imperialis Turvey et al., 2018

Imperial gibbon, Royal gibbon (proposed)

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: 2.2kya

Distribution

China

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Turvey, Samuel T. et al. (2018). New genus of extinct Holocene gibbon associated with humans in Imperial China. Science 360(6395): 1346-1349. [Abstract]

Other references:

Vogel, Gretchen. (2018). Chinese grave reveals vanished gibbon genus. Science 360(6395): 1287. [Summary]

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/junzi-imperialis-ape-extinct-gibbon-china-ancient-tomb-xian-changan-a8410671.html

http://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/23935/junzi-imperialis-extinct-chinese-gibbon

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