Concise hierarchy

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

Original position

Primates (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Subsequent positions

Hominina (Subtribe) Gray, 1825

Original entries

Homo diurnus Linnaeus, 1758
Homo nocturnus Linnaeus, 1758
Homo sapiens Linnaeus, 1758
Homo troglodytes C. Linnaeus, 1758, nom. oblit.

Subsequent entries

Homo lucifer Linnaeus, 1766

Current position

Hominina (Subtribe) Gray, 1825

Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 350.

Alternative positions

Hominidae (Family) Gray, 1825	Ref: C.P. Groves, 2005: 182.
Homininae (Subfamily) Gray, 1825	Ref: J.G. Fleagle, 2013: App. 1 (p. 417).
Hominini (Tribe) Gray, 1825	Ref: J. Kingdon, 2013: 74.
Primates (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1766: 28.

Historical positions

Hominini (Tribe) Gray, 1825	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2015: box 11.3 (p. 413 fig. a).
Hominini (Tribe) Gray, 1825	Ref: J. Kingdon, 2013: 74; 70.
Homininae (Subfamily) Gray, 1825	Ref: J.G. Fleagle, 2013: App. 1 (p. 417).
Hominini (Tribe) Gray, 1825	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: boxes 11.3, 11.4.
Hominidae (Family) Gray, 1825	Ref: C.P. Groves, 2005: 182.
Hominini (Tribe) Gray, 1825	Ref: E. Delson et al., 2000: xxvi.
Homininae (Subfamily) Gray, 1825	Ref: J.G. Fleagle, 1998: 579.
Hominina (Subtribe) Gray, 1825	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 350.
Hominidae (Family) Gray, 1825	Ref: C.P. Groves, 1993: 276.
Hominidae (Family) Gray, 1825	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 101.
Mammalia (Class) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 239. [rough position]
Hominidae (Family) Gray, 1825	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1034.
Hominidae (Family) Gray, 1825	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Homininae (Subfamily) Gray, 1825	Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1974: [573].
Simiæ (Order)	Ref: E.R. Lankester, 1877: 454. [rough position]
Primates (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1766: 26, 28.
Primates (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 18, 20. [new position]

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	1s; †6s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[1s; †6s]
2013	J. Kingdon: 74	[1s; †7s]
2005	M.J. Benton	[1s; †7s]
2005	C.P. Groves	[1s]
1993	C.P. Groves	[1s]
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[1s]
1982	A.F. DeBlase	1s
1766	C. a Linné	[3s;5v]
1758	C. Linnaeus	[3s;5v]