anthropoid ape

[ an-thruh-poid eyp ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

any member of the former taxonomic suborder Anthropoidea, under which New World monkeys, Old World monkeys, and apes, including humans, were grouped: modern classification groups these under the suborder Haplorhini along with the tarsiers.

anthropoid ape

any primate of the family Pongidae, having no tail, elongated arms, and a highly developed brain. The group includes gibbons, orang-utans, chimpanzees, and gorillas

anthropoid ape

/ ăn′thrə-poid′ /

A primate belonging to the family Pongidae, which includes the chimpanzee, bonobo, gorilla, and orangutan. Orangutans are arboreal whereas the other three species are terrestrial or semiarboreal. Anthropoid apes move in trees mainly by arm-swinging and on the ground by quadrupedal walking in which the upper body weight is borne on the knuckles.
Also called great ape pongid
Compare hominid

First recorded in 1830–40

The anthropoid ape, like man, has only the rudiment of a tail.

In any case, we have a clear proof of the close affinity of man and the anthropoid ape.

The other held a great cage—and in the cage was an anthropoid ape larger even than the great brute they had met on the trail!

The Bentley buried within the mighty carcass of an anthropoid ape watched and shuddered.

Do you know the difference between the brain of a man and that of an anthropoid ape?

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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