Pongo
Translingual
Etymology
From New Latin, from Kongo mpongi, mpungu.
Proper noun
Pongo m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Hominidae – the orangutans.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia – infraclass; Primates – order; Haplorrhini – suborder; Simiiformes – infraorder; Catarrhini – parvorder; Hominoidea – superfamily; Hominidae – family; Ponginae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): Pongo abelii (Sumatran orangutan), Pongo pygmaeus (Bornean orangutan), Pongo tapanuliensis – extant species
Derived terms
Further reading
- Pongo (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Pongo on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Pongo on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons