Ponginae

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Ponginae is a subfamily of great apes that includes the orangutans and their extinct close relatives.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Ponginae canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf subfamily
taxon
characteristicTrait high degree of arboreality in many members
robust jaws and thick enamel in many fossil taxa
strong sexual dimorphism in body size
class Mammalia
contains Asian great apes
diet primarily frugivorous
distinguishedFrom Hominidae
surface form: Gorillinae

Homininae
family Hominidae
fossilRange Miocene to Recent
fossilRecordRegion East Asia
South Asia
Southeast Asia
geographicDistribution Asia
hasExtantGenus Pongo
hasExtinctGenera Ankarapithecus
Gigantopithecus
Griphopithecus
Sivapithecus
surface form: Indopithecus

Khoratpithecus
Lufengpithecus
Sivapithecus
Sivapithecus
surface form: Sivapithecus indicus group
hasLivingRepresentatives yes
includes extinct close relatives of orangutans
includesCommonName orangutans
includesTaxon Pongo
infraorder Simiiformes
isA ape subfamily
great ape subfamily
kingdom Animalia
locomotion quadrumanous climbing
suspensory climbing
notableExtantMembers Bornean orangutan
Sumatran orangutan
Tapanuli orangutan
order Primates
parentTaxon Hominidae
partOf Hominoidea
parvorder Catarrhini
phylum Chordata
relatedTo Gorillinae
Homininae
suborder Haplorhini
superfamily Hominoidea
taxonRank subfamily

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hominidae includesTaxon Ponginae
Hominidae relatedTo Ponginae
Pongo subfamily Ponginae
Homininae sisterGroup Ponginae
Hominini distinguishedFrom Ponginae