Zoology -- Gibbons and Great Apes

Graphic by Mark A. Klinger, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh

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Gibbons and the Great Apes

Hominoidea -- Cladogram after Tudge in The Tree of Life

Hominidae sensu stricto -- includes living humans and immediate, extinct
relatives. These will be covered in the Anthropology/Paleontology pages.

Hylobatidae

Fig.: Provisional classification of the Hylobatidae. From: Gibbon Research Lab.
Divisions based upon diploid chromosome counts: Hylobates 44, Nomascus 52,
Bunopithecus 38, Symphalangus 50. The name Hylobates is here retained.

"Hylobates"

Hylobates agilis

Hylobates lar

Hylobates muelleri

H. m. funereus

Hylobates klossii

Hylobates moloch

Hylobates pileatus

Hylobates gabriellae -- Yellow-cheeked Crested Gibbon -- [

Hylobates leucogenys

Hylobates concolor

H. c. hainanus

N. sp. cf. nasutus

Hylobates hoolock -- Hoolock -- [

H. h. leuconedys

Hylobates syndactylus -- Siamang -- [

Hominidae (Pongidae)

Pongo pygmaeus -- Bornean Orangutan -- [ *wisc | *dupc | *cites | *apa1 | *apa2 | *apa3 ]
*Pongo abelii -- Sumatran Orangutan -- [ *smh | *Bloom | *webs | *webs ]

Gorilla gorilla -- Western Gorilla -- [ *wisc | amd | *Knight | *cites ]

G. g. gorilla

G. g. diehli

*Gorilla beringei -- Eastern Gorilla -- [ *Knight | *wisc | ummz | *dupc ]

G. b. beringei

G. b. graueri

G. b. n. ssp.

Pan paniscus -- Pygmy Chimpanzee (Bonobo) -- [ *wisc | amd | *umo ]
Pan troglodytes -- Common Chimpanzee -- [ *wisc | amd | *orez | *umo | *ozoo | *cites (juv. m.) ]

P. t. schweinfurthi

P. t. verus

P. t. vellerosus

Homo sapiens -- Mankind -- [ Adults and Young | Transitional Fossils ]

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