Ponginae

Pongo pygmaeus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Hominoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Kingdom: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Olfactores
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Metopophora
Cladus: Haptodontiformes
Cladus: Sphenacomorpha
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Pantherapsida
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Cladus: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Cladus: Eutheriodontia
Cladus: Cynodontia
Cladus: Epicynodontia
Cladus: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliamorpha
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Cladus: Theriimorpha
Cladus: Theriiformes
Cladus: Trechnotheria
Cladus: Cladotheria
Cladus: Prototribosphenida
Cladus: Zatheria
Cladus: Tribosphenida
Subclassis: Theria
Cladus: Eutheria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Magnordo: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Euarchontoglires
Grandordo: Euarchonta
Mirordo: Primatomorpha
Ordo: Primates
Subordo: Haplorhini
Infraordo: Simiiformes
Parvordo: Catarrhini
Superfamilia: Hominoidea

Familia: Hominidae
Subfamilia:
Genera (1 + †6): Pongo – †Ankarapithecus – †Gigantopithecus – †Hispanopithecus – †Khoratpithecus – †Lufengpithecus – †Sivapithecus

Name

Ponginae Elliot, 1913: I. lxvi, III. 181 ["Pongiidae"]

  • Type genus: Pongo Lacépède, 1799

References

Primary references

Additional references

  • Harrison, T., Xueping, J. & Su, D. 2002. On the systematic status of the late Neogene hominoids from Yunnan Province, China. Journal of Human Evolution 43: 207–227. DOI: 10.1006/jhev.2002.0570
  • Harrison, T. 2006. Taxonomy, phylogenetic relationships, and biogeography of Miocene hominoids from Yunnan, China. Pp. 233–249 in: Yang Decong (ed.) Collected works for “The 40th Anniversary of Yuanmou Man Discovery and the International Conference on Palaeoanthropological Studies". Kunming: Yunnan Science and Technology Press. PDF.

Vernacular names

  • English: Orangutan
  • français: Ponginés
  • 日本語: オランウータン亜科
  • 한국어: 오랑우탄아과
  • português: Pongíneos
  • română: Urangutan
  • ไทย: ลิงอุรังอุตัง
  • 中文: 猩猩亚科
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