Ape
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- This article is about nonhuman hominoids, for hominoids including humans, see hominoid
| Apes [1] Temporal range: Late Oligocene &ndash Recent |
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| Lar Gibbon (Hylobates lar) | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorrhini |
| Parvorder: | Catarrhini |
| Superfamily: | Hominoidea Gray, 1825 |
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Hylobatidae |
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Ape is a term that most commonly refers to the primate family Hominoidea. Its living members are the Orang-Utang, the Gorilla, the Chimpanzee and humans.
References [change]
- ↑ Groves, Colin (16 November 2005). Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds). ed. Mammal Species of the World (3rd edition ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 178-184. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3.
