Homininae

Homininae; Temporal range: 12.5–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Three hominines: a human holding a young gorilla and a young chimpanzee.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Suborder:	Haplorhini
Infraorder:	Simiiformes
Family:	Hominidae
Subfamily:	Homininae; Gray, 1825
Type species
	Homo sapiens; Linnaeus, 1758
Tribe
	†Dryopithecini; Gorillini; Hominini; ; sister: Ponginae

Homininae is a subfamily of Hominidae, which includes humans, gorillas, and chimpanzees which are native to Africa.^[1]

Most importantly, it also includes extinct human relatives such as Ardipithecus, Australopithecus, and earlier species of the genus Homo.^[2] It includes all those hominid species which arose after the split from the other great apes.

Classification (living members)Edit

Tribe Gorillini
- Genus Gorilla
  - Western gorilla, (Gorilla gorilla)
    - Western lowland gorilla, (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)
    - Cross River gorilla, (Gorilla gorilla diehli)
  - Eastern gorilla, (Gorilla beringei)
    - Mountain gorilla, (Gorilla beringei beringei)
    - Eastern Lowland gorilla, (Gorilla beringei graueri)
Tribe Hominini
- Genus Pan
  - Common chimpanzee, (Pan troglodytes)
    - Central chimpanzee, (Pan troglodytes troglodytes)
    - West African chimpanzee, (Pan troglodytes verus)
    - Nigeria-Cameroon Chimpanzee, (Pan troglodytes ellioti)
    - Eastern chimpanzee, (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii)
  - Bonobo (Pygmy chimpanzee), (Pan paniscus)
- Genus Homo
  - Human, (Homo sapiens)
    - Modern Human, (Homo sapiens sapiens)

Evolutionary tree of the superfamily Hominoidea

ReferencesEdit

↑ "hominid, hominin, hominoid, human". National Geographic Style Manual. National Geographic Society. Retrieved 25 June 2015. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
↑ Erin Wayman (16 November 2011). "What's in a Name? Hominid Versus Hominin". Smithsonian.com. Retrieved 25 June 2015. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)

[1] "hominid, hominin, hominoid, human". National Geographic Style Manual. National Geographic Society. Retrieved 25 June 2015. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)

[2] Erin Wayman (16 November 2011). "What's in a Name? Hominid Versus Hominin". Smithsonian.com. Retrieved 25 June 2015. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)

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