Ponginae

Pongo pygmaeus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Hominoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata 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: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Cladus: Boreosphenida 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: Ponginae
Genera: Pongo – †Ankarapithecus – †Gigantopithecus – †Hispanopithecus – †Khoratpithecus – †Lufengpithecus – †Sivapithecus

Name

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

Type genus: Pongo, Lacépède, 1799

References

Primary references

• Elliot, D.G. "1912" [1913]. A review of the primates. Vols. I, II, III. New York: American Museum of Natural History. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.8890 Reference page. 

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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