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Family Pongidae (Great Apes)
Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla)
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"Family Pongidae (Great Apes)".
In Robb's Online Multimedia Database of Animals and Plants.
Dec. 19, 19997.
Genera of the Family Pongidae (Great Apes)
Some authors include the gibbons as subfamily Hylobatinae here, in which case the following three genera constitute the subfamily Ponginae.- Gorilla (Gorilla)
- Pan (syn. Chimpansee, chimpanzees, chimps)
- Pongo (Orangutan, Orang-utan, Orang)
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