Lesser ape (English spelling) Lesserape

Japanese: lesser ape(英語表記)lesserape
Lesser ape (English spelling) Lesserape

…In English, anthropoids are called apes, but the latter means a monkey without a tail, and can also be used to refer to monkeys with extremely short tails, such as black monkeys and Barbary monkeys. The subfamily consists of the Hylobatinae and the Ponginae, the former of which is called the lesser ape and the latter the great ape. The subfamily consists of eight species of the genus Hylobates , and is found mainly in Southeast Asia. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "lesser ape" is listed below.

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Japanese:

…英語ではanthropoid,あるいはapeというが,後者は尾のないサルの意で,クロザルやバーバリーモンキーなど尾の極端に短いサルにもあてることがある。 テナガザル亜科Hylobatinaeとショウジョウ亜科Ponginaeからなり,前者を小型類人猿lesser ape,後者を大型類人猿great apeとも呼ぶ。テナガザル亜科はテナガザル属Hylobatesの8種からなり,東南アジアを中心に分布する。…

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