Apes are a clade of Old World simians native to sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia, which together with its sister group Cercopithecidae form the catarrhine clade, cladistically making them monkeys. Apes do not have tails due to a mutation of... Wikipedia
Lifespan: Chimpanzee: 39 years, Bonobo: 40 years, and Bornean orangutan: 35 – 45 years
Scientific name: Hominoidea
Height: Bonobo: 3.8 ft., Bornean orangutan: 3.9 – 4.6 ft., and Sumatran orangutan: 4.5 – 6 ft.
Collective noun: band, family, group, and more
Term for young: baby, child, and infant
Class: Mammalia
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