Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae
Synonyms: Dryopithecidae, Oreopithecidae Schwalbe 1915, Pongidae Elliot 1913
Parent taxon: Hominoidea according to T. Harrison 2010
See also Alba et al. 2012, Andrews 1992, Andrews and Cronin 1982, Begun 2002, Berger et al. 2010, Bonaparte 1850, Brown et al. 2004, Brunet et al. 2002, Cameron 1997, Carroll 1988, Chaimanee et al. 2003, Chaimanee et al. 2004, Cope 1889, Flower 1883, Flower and Lydekker 1891, Gray 1825, Gregory 1910, Jaeger et al. 2011, Kelley 2002, Kunimatsu 1997, Kurten 1968, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Moyà-Solà et al. 2004, Nowak 1991, Pilbeam et al. 1977, Simons 1965, Simons and Chopra 1969 and Wortman 1903
Sister taxa: Chororapithecus, Ekembo, Equatorius, Hylobatidae, Langsonia, Proconsulidae, Rukwapithecus, Samburupithecus
Subtaxa: Australopithecinae Cercopithecina Danuvius Dryopithecinae Gorilla Hominina Homininae Homo troglodytes Lufengpithecus Oreopithecus Pierolapithecus Ponginae Preanthropinae Presbytina Simiina
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore