Hominidae

Translingual

Gorilla gorilla gorilla
(subfamily Homininae)

Etymology

From Homo +‎ -idae (using homin-, stem for inflections of homo (“human”)).

Proper noun

Hominidae

A taxonomic family within the order Primates – the great apes; chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans, humans and extinct relatives.

Hypernyms

(family): Mammalia - class; Trechnotheria - subclass; Zatheria - infraclass; Theria - supercohort; Eutheria - cohort; Epitheria - magnorder; Euarchontoglires - superorder; Primates - order; Haplorrhini - suborder; Simiiformes - infraorder; Catarrhini - parvorder; Hominoidea - superfamily

Hyponyms

(family): Ponginae, Homininae (subfamilies)
- †Dryopithecinae (extinct subfamily)

External links

Hominidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Hominidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Hominidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Hominidae at the Tree of Life Web Project

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