Apes

This growing collection gives you a peek inside the worlds of our fellow primates, ​their appearance, adaptations, behaviors, languages, conservation statuses, and more. ​Notice the relationship between how they live and where they live:
How do their habitats nurture them? ​And how do they enrich their environments?
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The exact numbers of species and subspecies are a bit fluid as the advent of DNA analysis provides deeper insights into taxonomic classifications.
In addition, technology is facilitating the discovery of previously unstudied species while, sadly, other species become extinct.

Great Apes

The Great Ape family, Hominidae, includes:
Bonobos (genus Pan) and found in Central Africa
Chimpanzees (genus Pan) and 4 subspecies, and found in West and Central Africa
2 species of Gorillas (genus Gorilla) and 4 subspecies, and found in Central Africa
3 species of Orangutans (genus Pongo) and 3 subspecies, and found in Southeast Asia
​​1 species of Humans (genus Homo) in a single subspecies with multiple geographic populations​​​

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Gibbons

Gibbons are apes in the family Hylobatidae. Also called the smaller apes or lesser apes, gibbons are smaller than great apes, are tailless, and do not make nests.

Gibbons occur in tropical and subtropical rainforests from eastern Bangladesh and northeast India to southern China and Indonesia.

The Gibbon family is divided up into 4 genera, and at least 18 species and 184 subspecies

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