Hominidae Gray 1825 Hominidae Gray 1825, Ann. Philos., n. s., 10: 344. Synonyms: Pongidae Elliot 1913. Genera: 4 genera with 7 species: Genus Gorilla I. Geoffroy 1852 (2 species with 4 subspecies) Genus Homo Linnaeus 1758 (1 species) Genus Pan Oken 1816 (2 species with 4 subspecies) Genus Pongo Lacépède 1799 (2 species with 3 subspecies) Discussion: For combining all genera in one family, see Groves (1989). The genera are placed in two subfamilies by Groves (2001 c): Ponginae (Pongo alone), and Homininae (Gorilla, Homo, Pan). McKenna and Bell (1997) included Hylobatidae in addition, as a subfamily, and within the Homininae recognized two living tribes, Pongini and Hominini; Goodman et al. (1998) recognized gibbons only as a tribe (Hylobatini), with the other three genera as a separate tribe (Hominini), divided into subtribes Pongina and Hominina; they included Pan in Homo, and Watson et al. (2001) included both Pan and Gorilla in Homo.

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Primates, pp. 111-184 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 181, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519