Biology:Yuanmoupithecus
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Short description: Extinct species of primate
| Yuanmoupithecus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
| Family: | Hylobatidae |
| Genus: | †Yuanmoupithecus Pan, 2006 |
| Species: | †Y. xiaoyuan
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| Binomial name | |
| †Yuanmoupithecus xiaoyuan Pan, 2006
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Yuanmoupithecus is an extinct genus of gibbons that lived 8.2 to 7.1 million years ago during the late Miocene.[1] It is currently the oldest gibbon known. It was discovered in Yuanmou, Yunnan Province, China .[1] The type species is Y. xiaoyuan.[1]
References
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