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Last uploaded: January 16, 2025
Id http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D015186
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Preferred Name

Hominidae

Definitions
Family of the suborder HAPLORHINI (Anthropoidea) comprising bipedal primate MAMMALS. It includes modern man (HOMO SAPIENS) and the great apes: gorillas (GORILLA GORILLA), chimpanzees (PAN PANISCUS and PAN TROGLODYTES), and orangutans (PONGO PYGMAEUS). A tribe (taxon between family and genus) consisting of the line leading to HUMANS after its split from the other African ape lineages. This tribe includes all of the Homo species (HOMO SAPIENS; HOMO NEANDERTHALENSIS; H. ergaster; H. rudolfensis), all of the Australopithecines (Australopithicus africanus, A. boisei, etc.) and other ancient forms like Paranthropus and Ardipithecus. An obsolete name for a family of Primates consisting of three genera: Pongo (PONGO PYGMAEUS), Pan (PAN TROGLODYTES and PAN PANISCUS), and Gorilla (GORILLA GORILLA).
Synonyms
Hominid
Homo
Ape
Hominins
Hominini
Hominids
Hominin
Homininus
Pongidae
Apes
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