| Bunopithecus Temporal range: Middle Pleistocene | |
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| An artist's illustration of Bunopithecus sericus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Family: | †Hylobatidae |
| Genus: | †Bunopithecus Matthew & Granger, 1923 |
| Binomial name | |
| †Bunopithecus sericus Matthew & Granger, 1923 | |
Bunopithecus is an extinct genus of gibbon or gibbon-like primates. Its remains were first discovered in Sichuan, China, in strata from the Middle Pleistocene.
Although the two hoolock gibbon species were once included in the Bunopithecus genus, they have recently been removed and Bunopithecus sericus remains as the only known species of this genus.