anthropoid

Japanese: anthropoid
anthropoid

...A general term for mammals belonging to the Pongidae family of the Hominoidea, suborder Anthropoidea, order Primates. In English, it is called anthropoid or ape, but the latter means tailless monkey, and can also be applied to monkeys with extremely short tails such as black macaques and Barbary monkeys. It consists of the Hylobatinae and Ponginae subfamilies, the former of which are called lesser apes and the latter great apes.

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Japanese:

…霊長目真猿亜目ヒト上科ショウジョウ科Pongidaeに属する哺乳類の総称。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。…

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