Ape
Scientific name
- Scientific name
- Hominoidea
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Primates
How to say it in other languages
- Chinese
- 人型超科
- French
- Hominoïdes
- Italian
- Ominoidi
- Japanese
- ヒト上科
- Korean
- 사람상과
- Portuguese
- Hominoideos
- Russian
- Человекообразные обезьяны
- Spanish
- Hominoideos
Facts from Wikipedia’s “Ape” page and Wikispecies (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Apes are simians belonging to the primate family Hominoidea. Its members are called hominoids. They are native to sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia. Its living members are divided into two families:
- Hylobatidae, only consisting of gibbons.
- Hominidae, consisting of orangutans, gorillas, chimpanzees, bonobos and humans. In everyday use, “ape” often refers only to hominoids that are not humans.
One clear difference between monkeys and apes is that monkeys have tails (regardless of size), and apes don’t. There are also differences in their height, size, strength, teeth and the way they move their arms. They have a wide degree of freedom at the shoulder joint, which helps them swing by their arms in the trees (brachiation).
The diets of apes are similar to those of other primates. They eat fruits, nuts, seeds, leaves and sometimes other animals. They are generally omnivores, though most of their intake is primarily herbivorous.
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