Hominidae

Translingual

Gorilla gorilla gorilla
(subfamily Homininae)

Etymology

From Homo +‎ -idae (using homin-, stem for inflections of homo (“human”)).

Proper noun

Hominidae

1. A taxonomic family within the order Primates – the great apes; chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans, humans and extinct relatives.

Hypernyms

• (family): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Primates - order; Haplorrhini - suborder; Simiiformes - infraorder; Catarrhini - parvorder; Hominoidea - superfamily

Hyponyms

• (family): Ponginae, Homininae (subfamilies)
  • †Dryopithecinae (extinct subfamily)

References

• Hominidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Hominidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Hominidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Hominidae at the Tree of Life Web Project