Animalia > Chordata > Mammalia > Primates > Hominidae

Hominidae Endangered

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

Gorilla (gorillas) (2)
Pan (chimpanzees) (2)
Pongo (orangutan) (3)

(...) = Species count

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