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anthropoid ape [2 records]

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Record 1 2016-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mammals
DEF

Any of the tailless primates of the families Hylobatidae and Pongidae in the same superfamily as humans.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mammifères
CONT

On distingue dans le groupe des anthropomorphes deux familles : les hylobatidés, ou gibbons, et les pongidés, qui comprennent l'orang-outan, les gorilles et les chimpanzés, ainsi que diverses espèces fossiles de la fin du tertiaire.

OBS

anthropoïde (adj.) : Se dit des singes qui ressemblent le plus à l'homme. (Le terme est surtout employé par les auteurs anglo-saxons comme synonyme de anthropomorphe et plus particulièrement de pongidé.)

Key term(s)
  • pongidé

Spanish

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Record 2 1983-04-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Archaeology
OBS

an animal having the characteristics of the primate suborder, consisting of man, true monkeys, and apes, evolving in the Tertiary period

French

Domaine(s)
  • Archéologie

Spanish

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