Difference between hominids and hominoids?
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Hominids are great apes, and exclude gibbons (lesser apes). All hominids arehominoids, but not all hominoids arehominids. ... The family Hominidae, known collectively as the great apes, includes orangutans, gorillas, chimpanzees, and humans; alternatively, this family clade is also known as the hominids.
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Hominidae is a taxonomic family that encompasses all “great apes”, includingHomo, the genus to which we belong. Both extinct and living members are included, but the only living species of Homo is us –Homo sapiens. The common name for members of family Hominidae is “hominids”.
There are eight species commonly included in Hominidae. They belong to four genera:
Pongo – three species of orang-utan.Gorilla – two species, the eastern and western gorillaPan – two species, the chimpanzee and the bonoboHomo – one living species, man
Hominidae is one of two families (Hominidae and Hylobatidae) under the superfamily classification Hominoidea, which also includes the lesser apes,Hylobatidae. The common name forHominoidea is “hominoids”.
Thus, hominoids are the lesser and great apes lumped together as a superfamily. Taking just the great apes, we call them hominids.
Rider: these are classifications made by taxonomists, whose job it is to sort out the relationships between creatures and give them names. The divisions and the nomenclature are always subject to change, and some taxonomists have different ideas over which particular primates to include and exclude from these divisions, or even the divisions themselves. You might want to look up “Pongidae” too. If you don’t mind being confused, that is......
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Hominidae is a taxonomic family that encompasses all “great apes”, includingHomo, the genus to which we belong. Both extinct and living members are included, but the only living species of Homo is us –Homo sapiens. The common name for members of family Hominidae is “hominids”.
There are eight species commonly included in Hominidae. They belong to four genera:
Pongo – three species of orang-utan.Gorilla – two species, the eastern and western gorillaPan – two species, the chimpanzee and the bonoboHomo – one living species, man
Hominidae is one of two families (Hominidae and Hylobatidae) under the superfamily classification Hominoidea, which also includes the lesser apes,Hylobatidae. The common name forHominoidea is “hominoids”.
Thus, hominoids are the lesser and great apes lumped together as a superfamily. Taking just the great apes, we call them hominids.
Rider: these are classifications made by taxonomists, whose job it is to sort out the relationships between creatures and give them names. The divisions and the nomenclature are always subject to change, and some taxonomists have different ideas over which particular primates to include and exclude from these divisions, or even the divisions themselves. You might want to look up “Pongidae” too. If you don’t mind being confused, that is......
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