Ape
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Apes, collectively Hominoidea, are a superfamily of Old World simians native to sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia. They were more widespread in Africa, Asia, and Europe in prehistory, and, includi
013 Alpha male chimpanzee at Kibale forest National Park Photo by Giles Laurent
Hylobates lar Kaeng Krachan WB
Like those of the orangutan, the shoulder joints of hominoids are adapted to brachiation, or movement by swinging in tree branches.
This series of images shows a gorilla using a small tree trunk as a tool. The trunk is used to maintain balance while fishing for aquatic plants.
Gibbon
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Gibbons are apes in the family Hylobatidae. The family historically contained one genus, but now is split into four extant genera and 20 species. Gibbons live in subtropical and tropical forests from
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…ape and black ape), and is thus not equivalent to the scientific taxon Hominoidea. There are two extant branches of the superfamily Hominoidea: the gibbons, or lesser apes; and the hominids, or great apes. The family Hylobatidae, the lesser apes, include four genera and a total of 20 species of gibbon…
Northern white-cheeked gibbon, Nomascus leucogenys
Agile gibbon, Hylobates agilis
Pileated gibbon (Hylobates pileatus)