HOMINIDAE, Gray, 1825

Russell A. Mittermeier, Anthony B. Rylands & Don E. Wilson, 2013, Hominidae, Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 3 Primates, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 792-854 : 792

Family HOMINIDAE

(GREAT APES)

• Large apes with relatively short trunk, broad chest, long arms, robust canine teeth, simple molar teeth, long hands and feet, and no external tail; males larger than

• 70-200 cm.

• Afrotropical and Indo-Malayan Regions.

• Lowland to montane equatorial forests, swamps, savanna-woodland mosaic.

• 3 genera, 6 species, 13 taxa (excluding humans).

• 2 species Critically Endangered, 4 species Endangered, none Extinct since 1600.