Homininae facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Homininae Temporal range: 12.5–0Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Three hominines: a human holding a young gorilla and a young chimpanzee.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Suborder:	Haplorhini
Infraorder:	Simiiformes
Family:	Hominidae
Subfamily:	Homininae Gray, 1825
Type species
Homo sapiens Linnaeus, 1758
Tribe
†Dryopithecini Gorillini Hominini sister: Ponginae

Homininae is a subfamily of Hominidae, which includes humans, gorillas, and chimpanzees.

Most importantly, it also includes extinct human relatives such as Ardipithecus, Australopithecus, and earlier species of the genus Homo. It includes all those hominid species which arose after the split from the other great apes.

Classification (living members)

• Tribe Gorillini
  • Genus Gorilla
    • Western gorilla, (Gorilla gorilla)
      • Western lowland gorilla, (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)
      • Cross River gorilla, (Gorilla gorilla diehli)
    • Eastern gorilla, (Gorilla beringei)
      • Mountain gorilla, (Gorilla beringei beringei)
      • Eastern Lowland gorilla, (Gorilla beringei graueri)
• Tribe Hominini
  • Genus Pan
    • Common chimpanzee, (Pan troglodytes)
      • Central chimpanzee, (Pan troglodytes troglodytes)
      • West African chimpanzee, (Pan troglodytes verus)
      • Nigeria-Cameroon Chimpanzee, (Pan troglodytes ellioti)
      • Eastern chimpanzee, (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii)
    • Bonobo (Pygmy chimpanzee), (Pan paniscus)
  • Genus Homo
    • Human, (Homo sapiens)
      • Modern Human, (Homo sapiens sapiens)

Evolutionary tree of the superfamily Hominoidea

See also

In Spanish: Homininos para niños