Ponginae

Ponginae
Temporal range:
Pongo pygmaeus (Bornean orangutan)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Superfamily: Hominoidea
Family: Hominidae
Subfamily: Ponginae
Elliot, 1913
Type genus
Pongo
Genera

†Lufengpithecus
†Meganthropus
†Ankarapithecus
†Sivapithecus
†Gigantopithecus
†Indopithecus
†Khoratpithecus
Pongo

sister: Homininae

Ponginae /pɒnˈdʒaɪniː/, also known as the Asian hominids, is a subfamily in the family Hominidae. Once a diverse lineage of Eurasian apes, the subfamily has only one extant genus, Pongo (orangutans), which contains three extant species; the Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii), the Tapanuli orangutan (Pongo tapanuliensis) and the Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus). All three species are listed as critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).