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Hominoidea
Temporal range: late Oligocene – Recent
Adult female and infant wild chimpanzees feeding on Ficus sur.jpeg
Chimpanzees, an example of a great ape
Scientific classification e
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Order:Primates
Parvorder:Catarrhini
Superfamily:Hominoidea
Gray, 1825
Families

Hylobatidae
Hominidae
Proconsulidae
Dryopithecidae
Oreopithecidae

Apes are mammals belonging to the primate family Hominoidea. Its members are called hominoids. They are native to Africa and Southeast Asia. Its living members are divided into two families:

In everyday use, "ape" often refers only to hominoids other than humans.

One clear difference between monkeys and apes is that monkeys almost always have tails, but hominoids never do. There are also differences in their 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).

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