great ape

/greɪt eɪp/

Other forms: great apes

Definitions of great ape

1. noun

   any of the large anthropoid apes of the family Pongidae
   synonyms: pongid

   types:

   Pongo pygmaeus, orang, orangutan, orangutang

   large long-armed ape of Borneo and Sumatra having arboreal habits

   Gorilla gorilla, gorilla

   largest anthropoid ape; terrestrial and vegetarian; of forests of central west Africa

   Pan troglodytes, chimp, chimpanzee

   intelligent somewhat arboreal ape of equatorial African forests

   Gorilla gorilla gorilla, western lowland gorilla

   a kind of gorilla

   Gorilla gorilla grauri, eastern lowland gorilla

   a kind of gorilla

   Gorilla gorilla beringei, mountain gorilla

   gorilla of Kivu highlands

   silverback

   an adult male gorilla with grey hairs across the back

   Pan troglodytes verus, western chimpanzee

   masked or pale-faced chimpanzees of western Africa; distantly related to the eastern and central chimpanzees; possibly a distinct species

   Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii, eastern chimpanzee

   long-haired chimpanzees of east-central Africa; closely related to the central chimpanzees

   Pan troglodytes troglodytes, central chimpanzee

   black-faced chimpanzees of central Africa; closely related to eastern chimpanzees

   Pan paniscus, bonobo, pygmy chimpanzee

   a small chimpanzee of swamp forests in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; a threatened species

   type of:

   anthropoid ape

   any tailless ape of the families Pongidae and Hylobatidae