Ponginae
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Ponginae, also known as the Asian hominids, is a subfamily in the family Hominidae. Once a diverse lineage of Eurasian apes, the subfamily has only one extant genus, Pongo, which contains three extant
Orang Utan, Semenggok Forest Reserve, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia
Teilhardina DB15
Eosimias DB15
Aegyptopithecus NT
Gigantopithecus
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Gigantopithecus is an extinct genus of great ape that lived in central to southern China from two million to approximately 215,000–295,000 years ago during the Early to Middle Pleistocene, represented
Ponginae
…of orangutans was found from Pleistocene southeast Asia and southern China. Ponginae may also include the genera Lufengpithecus, Ankarapithecus, and Gigantopithecus. However, phylogenetic analysis in 2004, which originally found Lufengpithecus and Ankarapithecus to be most closely related to the orangutan, gave…
Gigantopithecus UIMNH
![Friedemann Schrenk [de] holding the holotype Gigantopithecus blacki molar](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/F._Schrenk_mit_Gigantopithecus-Molar_2005.jpg/500px-F._Schrenk_mit_Gigantopithecus-Molar_2005.jpg)
Friedemann Schrenk [de] holding the holotype Gigantopithecus blacki molar
Gigantopithecus is in the subfamily Ponginae along with orangutans (a male Bornean orangutan above).
Gigantopithecus molar