Bunopithecus sericus was created in 1923.

Silk originates from Old English sioloc, seolec, from late Latin sericum, neuter of Latin sericus, based on Greek Seres, the name given to the inhabitants of the Far Eastern countries from which silk first came overland to Europe.

No....The Gibbon is part of the ape family. There are four in the ape family, Gorilla, Chimpanzee, Orangutans and the Gibbon. There classified mainly by there intelligence and the fact that they have no tails!