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To: ASA Vet

Actually, apes belong to the Pongid family. Apes do not belong to the Hominid family.


25 posted on 02/19/2007 2:14:24 AM PST by joseph20
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To: joseph20

That is a long out-of-date (50 years ago long) view of primates. Right now, there is no pongid family. The ponginae are the subfamily to which orangutans belong. In fact, as it is understood now, Pan troglodytes (chimps, which are obviously apes) belong to the same family, subfamily, and tribe as humans. (that would be Hominidae, Homininae, and Hominini)


27 posted on 02/19/2007 2:24:07 AM PST by zylphed
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To: joseph20
Family Hominidae: humans and other great apes; extinct genera and species excluded.

A. - Subfamily Ponginae

Genus Pongo
Bornean Orangutan, Pongo pygmaeus
Pongo pygmaeus pygmaeus
Pongo pygmaeus morio
Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii
Sumatran Orangutan, Pongo abelii

B. - Subfamily Homininae

1. - Tribe Gorillini
a. - 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

2. - Tribe Hominini
a. - Genus Pan
Common Chimpanzee, Pan troglodytes
Central Chimpanzee, Pan troglodytes troglodytes
West African Chimpanzee, Pan troglodytes verus
Nigerian Chimpanzee, Pan troglodytes vellerosus
Eastern Chimpanzee, Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii
Bonobo (Pygmy Chimpanzee), Pan paniscus

b. - Genus Homo
Human, Homo sapiens sapiens

30 posted on 02/19/2007 2:39:32 AM PST by ASA Vet (The WOT should have been over on 9/12/01.)
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