The Hominidae (/ hɒˈmɪnɪdiː /), whose members are known as the great apes[note 1] or hominids (/ ˈhɒmɪnɪdz /), are a taxonomic family of primates that includes eight extant species in four genera: Pongo (the Bornean, Sumatran and Tapanuli orangutan); Gorilla (the eastern and western gorilla); Pan (the chimpanzee and the bonobo); and Homo, of whi...

Hominoidea is a superfamily of primates. Members of this superfamily are called hominoids or apes, and include gorillas, chimpanzees, orangutans, gibbons, bonobos, and humans. Hominoidea is one of the six major groups in the order Primates.

Mar 28, 2025 · Hominidae, in zoology, one of the two living families of the ape superfamily Hominoidea, the other being the Hylobatidae (gibbons). Hominidae includes the great apes—that is, the orangutans (genus Pongo), the gorillas (Gorilla), and the chimpanzees and bonobos (Pan)—as well as human beings (Homo).

The meaning of HOMINOID is any of a superfamily (Hominoidea) of primates including recent hominids, gibbons, and pongids together with extinct ancestral and related forms (as of the genera Proconsul and Dryopithecus).

Jan 6, 2020 · Hominids and hominoids are two different but related classifications of primate taxonomy. They are tailless and simian, meaning they look and are related to monkeys in a more general classification. Both are broad terms that refer to species both living and extinct.

Mar 31, 2025 · hominin, any member of the zoological “tribe” Hominini (family Hominidae, order Primates), of which only one species exists today— Homo sapiens, or human beings.

Living hominoids (apes) are united by features related to their unusual locomotion, but few such traits are found in the earliest fossil forms.

Our immediate evolutionary family is comprised of the hominoids, the group of primates that includes the "lesser apes" (siamangs and gibbons) as well as the "great apes" (chimpanzees, bonobos ...

May 21, 2024 · Hominids are the biological family of which humans are a member. Informally, they are known as the Great Apes, and include four genera: humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, …

Mar 17, 2019 · Apes (Hominoidea) are a group of primates that includes 22 species. Apes, also referred to as hominoids, include chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans, and gibbons. Although humans are classified within the Hominoidea, the term ape is not applied to humans and refers instead to all non-human hominoids.