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# Hominidae

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Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Chordata, Class Mammalia, Order Primates, Family Hominidae

Contains Genera :

     Genus Pongo? (baboon?s)
     Genus Gigantopithecus? - extinct
     Genus Pan (chimpanzee?s)
     Genus Gorilla? (gorilla?s)
     Subfamily Homininae
      Genus Orrorin - extinct
      Genus Ardipithecus - extinct
      Genus Kenyanthropus - extinct
      Genus Australopithecus - extinct
      Genus Paranthropus - extinct
      Genus Homo (humans)

Traditionally the forms outside of the Homininae have been placed in a separate group, the Pongidae. This turns out to be paraphyletic?, so should probably either been abandoned or occasionally restricted to Pongo?+Gigantopithecus?.

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