Friday, October 15, 2010

Monkey Species

Monkey is a member of the order Primates superfamilia Hominoidea. In the current taxonomic system there are two familia hominoids:

    
* Familia Hylobatidae consists of 4 genera and 12 species of gibbons, including the Lar Gibbon and Siamang
    
* Family Hominidae consisting of orangutans, gorillas, chimpanzees, and humans
Many species of apes currently has the status of threatened because their habitat loss in tropical rain forests and hunting. Currently there are 8 genera are not yet extinct hominoids, namely

    
* Homo (human)
    
* Pan (chimpanzees)
    
* Gorilla
    
* Pongo (orangutans)
    
* Hylobates
    
* Hoolock
    
* Nomascus
    
* Symphalangus


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