Hylobatid

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  1. 1
    Any species of the family Hylobatidae; a gibbon.

    "The principal resemblances between pliopithecines and living hylobatids are found in the skull and dentition (Zapfe 1958)."

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gibbon

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"The principal resemblances between pliopithecines and living hylobatids are found in the skull and dentition (Zapfe 1958)."

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