Ape
The living apes primates who are tailess, of relatively large body size and all live in the old world.
Ape species
Typically included in the grouping "apes" are gibbons and siamangs from southeast Asia, Orangutans from borneo and Sumatra, Mountain and Lowland Gorillas, Chimpanzees and Bonobos and humans. Under the modern genetic classification scheme (see Hominini for more on this), apes are in the superfamily Hominoidea. Underneath this hominoid umbrella falls orang-utans, gorillas, chimps and humans in the Family Hominidae. In recognition of their genetic divergence some 11-13 million years ago, the orangutans are placed in the sub-family Ponginae and the African apes, including humans, are lumped together in the Subfamily Homininae. The bipedal apes, namely all of the fossil species as well as living humans, fall into the Tribe Hominini. Some evolutionary biologists include humans and chimpanzees within the same genus, the genus Homo.
Living Apes
INFRAORDER CATARRHINI
Superfamily Hominoidea
Family Hylobatidae
- White-handed Gibbon Hylobates lar
- Agile Gibbon Hylobates agilis
- Mueller's Gibbon Hylobates muelleri
- Moloch Gibbon Hylobates moloch
- Pileated Gibbon Hylobates pileatus
- Kloss' Gibbon Hylobates klossii
- Hoolock Gibbon Hylobates hoolock
- Black Gibbon Hylobates concolor
- Siamang Hylobates syndactylus
Family Hominidae
- Orang-Utan Pongo pygmaeus
- Gorilla Gorilla gorilla
- Pygmy Chimpanzee (Bonobo) Pan paniscus
- Common Chimpanzee Pan troglodytes
- Humans Homo sapiens