Kapi

Name: Kapi ‭(‬after the Hindi word for monkey‭)‬.
Phonetic: kap-e.
Named By: Christopher C.‭ ‬Gilbert,‭ ‬Alejandra Ortiz,‭ ‬Kelsey D.‭ ‬Pugh,‭ ‬Christopher J.‭ ‬Campisano,‭
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Mammalia,‭ ‬Primates,‭ ‬Haplorhini,‭ ‬Simiiformes,‭ ‬Hylobatidae.
Species: K.‭ ‬ramnagarensis‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Omnivore‭?
Size: Unavailable due to lack of fossil remains.
Known locations: India.
Time period: Mid Miocene.
Fossil representation: Lower molar.

       Kapi is a genus of gibbon that lived in India during the Miocene.

Further reading
New Middle Miocene Ape‭ (‬Primates:‭ ‬Hylobatidae‭) ‬from Ramnagar,‭ ‬India fills major gaps in the hominoid fossil record.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Proceedings of the Royal Society B.‭ ‬287‭ (‬1934‭)‬.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Christopher C.‭ ‬Gilbert,‭ ‬Alejandra Ortiz,‭ ‬Kelsey D.‭ ‬Pugh,‭ ‬Christopher J.‭ ‬Campisano,‭ ‬Biren A.‭ ‬Patel,‭ ‬Ningthoujam Premjit Singh,‭ ‬John G.‭ ‬Fleagle‭ & ‬Rajeev Patnaik‭ ‬-‭ ‬2020.

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