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Pongini

Pongini is a tribe containing the orangutan and the fossil genus Khoratpithecus.

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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Placentalia
Order: Primates
Superfamily: Hominoidea
Family: Hominidae
Subfamily: Ponginae
Tribe: Pongini
Andrews, 19921
Genera

Pongini is a tribe containing the orangutan and the fossil genus Khoratpithecus.2

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References

  1. Cameron, D. W. (1997). "A revised systematic scheme for the Eurasian Miocene fossil Hominidae". Journal of Human Evolution. 33 (4): 449–477. doi:10.1006/jhev.1997.0145. PMID 9361253.
  2. Miyamoto, M. (1990-01-01). "DNA Systematics And Evolution Of Primates". Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics. 21 (1): 197–220. doi:10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.21.1.197. ISSN 0066-4162.