Definition of Family Hylobatidae

1. Noun. Used in some classifications for the lesser apes (gibbons and siamangs); sometimes considered a subfamily of Pongidae.

Exact synonyms: Hylobatidae
Generic synonyms: Mammal Family
Group relationships: Anthropoidea, Suborder Anthropoidea
Member holonyms: Lesser Ape, Genus Hylobates, Hylobates, Genus Symphalangus, Symphalangus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Hylobatidae

family Hominidae
family Hostaceae
family Hyacinthaceae
family Hyaenidae
family Hydnaceae
family Hydnoraceae
family Hydrangeaceae
family Hydrobatidae
family Hydrocharidaceae
family Hydrocharitaceae
family Hydrochoeridae
family Hydrophidae
family Hydrophyllaceae
family Hygrophoraceae
family Hylidae
family Hylobatidae (current term)
family Hymenophyllaceae
family Hypericaceae
family Hyperodontidae
family Hypocreaceae
family Hypodermatidae
family Hypoxidaceae
family Hystricidae
family Ibidiidae
family Ichneumonidae
family Ichthyosauridae
family Icteridae
family Iguania
family Iguanidae
family Iguanodontidae

Literary usage of Family Hylobatidae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Die Formenentwickelung am Skelet des menschlichen Thorax: Anatomisch by Carl Hueter (1865)
"Anthropoid apes family Hylobatidae. The ilium of the gibbon, Hylobates, forms a morphological link between those of the macaques and baboons and those of ..."

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