類人猿(るいじんえん)

るいじんえん
noun
anthropoid ape; great ape
academicanimal-mammal
1. anthropoid ape; great ape
Apes that closely resemble humans, including chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans, and gibbons. The scientific term for the primate group most closely related to humans.
チンパンジーは類人猿(るいじんえん)の一種(いっしゅ)だ。
Chimpanzees are a type of great ape.
類人猿(るいじんえん)は道具(どうぐ)を使(つか)うことができる。
Great apes can use tools.
人間(にんげん)と類人猿(るいじんえん)は共通(きょうつう)の祖先(そせん)から進化(しんか)したと考(かんが)えられている。
Humans and great apes are thought to have evolved from a common ancestor.

類人猿(るいじんえん) literally means "human-resembling apes" (類(るい) = resembling, 人(じん) = human, 猿(えん) = ape/monkey). In biology, it refers specifically to the Hominoidea superfamily.

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Related: 霊長類(れいちょうるい) (primates)
Related: 進化(しんか) (evolution)
Related: チンパンジー (chimpanzee)
Compare: 猿人(えんじん) (ape-man)
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