Junzi imperialis (Imperial Gibbon)

[another specialist]

New species of extinct ape discovered in tomb of ancient Chinese noblewoman

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

[another specialist]

Vanished ape found in ancient Chinese tomb, giving clues to its disappearance

www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/06/vanished-ape-found-ancient-chinese-tomb-giving-clues-its-disappearance?utm_source=sciencemagazine&utm_medium=facebook-text&utm_campaign=vanishedape-20072

[another specialist]

New genus of extinct Holocene gibbon associated with humans in Imperial China

science.sciencemag.org/content/360/6395/1346?utm_source=sciencemagazine&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=6395issue-20043

[cohiba]

Maybe even the great Monkey King was of this species?

Anyway why do they say that it may have persisted until the 18th century? I can't read the article so I can't find out but they must have found literary descriptions or some strange creature on a painting.

Extremely interesting!

[surroundx]

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