HOMINIDAE, Gray, 1825

Russell A. Mittermeier, Anthony B. Rylands & Don E. Wilson, 2013, Hominidae, Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 3 Primates, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 792-854 : 792

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.6700973
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6700561
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scientific name	HOMINIDAE
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Family HOMINIDAE View in CoL

(GREAT APES)

• Large apes with relatively short trunk, broad chest, long arms, robust canine teeth, simple molar teeth, long hands and feet, and no external tail; males larger than females

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• 70-200 cm. View Figure

• Afrotropical and Indo-Malayan Regions. View Figure

• Lowland to montane equatorial forests, swamps, savanna-woodland mosaic.

• 3 genera, 6 species, 13 taxa (excluding humans).

• 2 species Critically Endangered, 4 species Endangered, none Extinct since 1600.