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Hominidae

Synonyms: Dryopithecidae; Homo-simiadae; Oreopithecidae; Pongidae; Simiidae

Wikipedia Abstract

The Hominidae (/hɒˈmɪnᵻdiː/), whose members are known as great apes or hominids, are a taxonomic family of primates that includes seven extant species in four genera: Pongo, the Bornean and Sumatran orangutan; Gorilla, the eastern and western gorilla; Pan, the common chimpanzee and the bonobo; and Homo, the human (and though not extant, the near-human ancestors and relatives (e.g., the Neanderthal)).
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Genus

Ardipithecus (2)
Australopithecus (7)
Danuvius (1)
Dryopithecus (3)
Equatorius (1)
Gigantopithecus (3)
Gorilla (gorillas) (3)   (2)
Graecopithecus (3)
Griphopithecus (1)
Hispanopithecus (3)
Homo (humans) (26)
Kalepithecus (1)
Kamoyapithecus (1)
Kenyapithecus (1)
Khoratpithecus (3)
Langsonia (1)
Limnopithecus (2)
Lufengpithecus (3)
Micropithecus (2)
Morotopithecus (1)
Nakalipithecus (1)
Palaeosimia (1)
Pan (chimpanzees) (2)   (2)
Paranthropus (2)
Pierolapithecus (1)
Platodontopithecus (1)
Pongo (orangutan) (5)   (3)
Praeanthropus (2)
Ramapithecus (1)
Rukwapithecus (1)
Sahelanthropus (1)
Sivapithecus (5)
Udabnopithecus (1)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0