- Apes (collectively
Hominoidea /hɒmɪˈnɔɪdi.ə/) are a
clade of Old
World simians native to sub-Saharan
Africa and
Southeast Asia (though they were more widespread...
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paraphyletic grouping; however, in the
broader sense based on cladistics, apes (
Hominoidea) are also included,
making the
terms monkeys and
simians synonyms in regard...
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catarrhines about 35 - 40 mya and have
African origin,
while the apes (
Hominoidea)
diverged from Old
World monkeys (Cercopithecoidea)
about 25 mya. The...
- anthropoids, or Old
World monkeys)
consists of the
Cercopithecoidea and apes (
Hominoidea). In 1812,
Geoffroy grouped those two
groups together and established...
-
Cercopithecidae (Old
World monkeys in the
stricter sense) and the
superfamily Hominoidea (apes –
including humans). The
simians are
sister group to the tarsiers...
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placement in the ape
superfamily Hominoidea is tentative; some
scientists place Proconsulidae outside of
Hominoidea in a
separately superfamily Proconsuloidea...
- classifications: A hominoid,
sometimes called an ape, is a
member of the
superfamily Hominoidea:
extant members are the
gibbons (lesser apes,
family Hylobatidae) and...
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Hominoidea is a
superfamily of primates.
Members of this
superfamily are
called hominoids or apes, and
include gorillas, chimpanzees, orangutans, gibbons...
- Cercopithecoidea,
containing the Old
World monkeys of the
family Cercopithecidae;
Hominoidea,
containing the
great apes of the
family Hominidae and the
gibbons of...
- This is a list of
African primates,
containing all
recent species of
primates found in
Africa including Madagascar.
According to the IUCN/SSC
Primate Specialist...
