Ref ID:	37452
Ref Type:	Journal Article
Authors:	Schwartz, Jeffrey Tattersall, Ian The Long, Vu Ngyuyen, Lan Cuong
Title:	A review of the Pleistocene hominoid fauna of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (excluding hylobatidae)
Date:	1995
Source:	Anthropological Papers of The American Museum of Natural History
Publisher:	The American Museum of Natural History
Abstract:	We review the nonhylobatid hominoid fauna currently known from all significant Pleistocene sites in Vietnam. Almost all of the sample examined consists of isolated teeth. In a previous study of material from the cave of Tham Khuyen (Schwartz et al., 1994) we identified, but did not name, a new species of Pongo as well as a new genus and species of thick-enameled, nonhominid hominoid. These new taxa are named and characterized in this contribution, as are four new sub- species of <em>Pongo pygmaeus</em>. We additionally note sparse evidence for other taxa whose affinities are not determinable on the basis of available specimens. Most large-bodied hominoid fossils from Vietnam are attributable to the genus Pongo; at most sites only the species <em>Pongo pygmaeus</em> is found. Positive evidence is extremely rare for both Homo and Gigantopithecus in the Pleistocene of Vietnam.
Volume:	76