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Hominidae Gray 1825
Description
Family HOMINIDAE
(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.
• Afrotropical and Indo-Malayan Regions.
• 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.
Notes
Published as part of Russell A. Mittermeier, Anthony B. Rylands & Don E. Wilson, 2013, Hominidae, pp. 792-854 in Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 3 Primates, Barcelona :Lynx Edicions on page 792, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6700973
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