Mootnick, AlanGroves, Colin2015-12-130164-0291http://hdl.handle.net/1885/81936Contrary to usual practice, the generic nomen Bunopithecus is not applicable to hoolock gibbons. We recount the history of its application and explain why it is spurious. We supply a new generic name, list the characters and content of the genus, and compare it to the other 3 genera of the Hylobatidae.Keywords: nomenclature; primate; taxonomy; Bunopithecus; Haplorhini; Hylobates hoolock; Hylobates sp.; Hylobatidae Bunopithecus; Gibbon; Hoolock; Hylobatidae; Nomenclature; Taxonomy200510.1007/s10764-005-5332-42015-12-11