Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Primates - (Family) Hominidae

Subsequent positions

Pongini (Tribe) Elliot, 1913

Current position

Ponginae (Subfamily) Elliot, 1913

Ref: J.G. Fleagle, 2013: App. 1 (p. 417).

Alternative positions

Hominidae (Family) Gray, 1825	Ref: C.P. Groves, 2005: 183.
Pongidae (Family) Elliot, 1913	Ref: J.G. Fleagle, 1998: 580.
Pongini (Tribe) Elliot, 1913	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 348.

Historical positions

Ponginae (Subfamily) Elliot, 1913	Ref: J.G. Fleagle, 2013: App. 1 (p. 417).
Ponginae (Subfamily) Elliot, 1913	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: box 11.3.
Hominidae (Family) Gray, 1825	Ref: C.P. Groves, 2005: 183.
Ponginae (Subfamily) Elliot, 1913	Ref: E. Delson et al., 2000: xxvi.
Pongidae (Family) Elliot, 1913	Ref: J.G. Fleagle, 1998: 580.
Pongini (Tribe) Elliot, 1913	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 348.
Hominidae (Family) Gray, 1825	Ref: C.P. Groves, 1993: 277.
Pongidae (Family) Elliot, 1913	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 101.
Chordata (Phylum) Bateson, 1885	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 239. [rough position]
Pongidae (Family) Elliot, 1913	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1034.
Pongidae (Family) Elliot, 1913	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Pongidae (Family) Elliot, 1913	Ref: W. Fiedler et al., 1973: 624.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	2s;3ss
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[2s;3ss]
2005	C.P. Groves	[2s;3ss]
1993	C.P. Groves	[1s]
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[1s]
1982	A.F. DeBlase	[1s]