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Taxon: Family Hominidae Gray, 1825 (mammal)
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Authorship

Original name:  Gray, 1825. Annals of Philosophy 10: 338.
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Types

Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]: Homininae (Subfamily) Gray, 1825 Ref: E. Delson et al. (eds.), 2000: xxvi. [inferred]
Type: Homo (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758 Ref: E. Delson et al. (eds.), 2000: xxvi. [inferred]

Variants

Different rank: Hominoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1825

Synonyms

Synonymous name: Dryopithecidae (Family) Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name: †Oreopithecidae (Family) Schwalbe, 1915 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name: Pongidae (Family) Elliot, 1913 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Including: Homo-simiadae (Family) R.A. Dart, 1925

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name: mensen Ref: B. Gardiner et al., 1989: 303.
: hominiden
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