Hominidae

Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Chordata, Class Mammalia, Order Primates, Family Hominidae

Contains Genera :

Genus Pongo (baboons)

Genus Pan (chimpanzees)

Genus Gorilla (gorillas)

Genus Homo (humans)

Traditionally the forms other than Homo and its closest allies, Australopithecus etc, have been seperated out into a separate family, the Pongidae. This was present in Linnaeus' scheme, but he seems to have done it to avoid offending people and later regreted the decision, and there is a move to abandon it.