Hominidae
Author
Russell A. Mittermeier
Author
Anthony B. Rylands
Author
Don E. Wilson
text
2013
2013-03-31
Lynx Edicions
Barcelona
Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 3 Primates
792
854
book chapter
79582
10.5281/zenodo.6700973
7ccd2ab0-dc06-457d-8fff-2c307a355ba4
978-84-96553-89-7
6700973
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 females
n .. „ wu “
• 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.