Homininae
subfamily of mammals
Homininae is a subfamily of Hominidae, which includes humans, gorillas, and chimpanzees.[1]
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Subfamily: | Homininae
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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)
- Western gorilla, (Gorilla gorilla)
- Genus Gorilla
- 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)
- Common chimpanzee, (Pan troglodytes)
- Genus Homo
- Human, (Homo sapiens)
- Modern Human, (Homo sapiens sapiens)
- Human, (Homo sapiens)
- Genus Pan
Evolutionary tree of the superfamily Hominoidea
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ "hominid, hominin, hominoid, human". National Geographic Style Manual. National Geographic Society. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
- ↑ Erin Wayman (16 November 2011). "What's in a Name? Hominid Versus Hominin". Smithsonian.com. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
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