Hominidae

Translingual

Homo sapiens sapiens
(subfamily Homininae)

Etymology

From Homo +‎ -idae (using homin-, stem for inflections of homo (“human”)).

Proper noun

Hominidae

A taxonomic family within the order Primates – great apes: chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans, humans, and extinct relatives.

Hypernyms

(family): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Primates - order; Haplorrhini - suborder; Simiiformes - infraorder; Catarrhini - parvorder; Hominoidea - superfamily

Hyponyms

(family): Ponginae, Homininae (subfamilies)
- †Dryopithecinae (extinct subfamily)

References

Hominidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Hominidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Hominidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Hominidae in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.

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