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Name a species of great ape

Aug 29, 2026Unlimited ClassicQuestion 2

18 official answersBest find · One in a Krillion · 100

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  • Tapanuli orangutan

85

  • Australopithecus

  • Bornean orangutan

  • Denisovan

60

  • Bonobo

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18 accepted answers from the official reveal.

  • Tapanuli orangutanNamed as a distinct species only in 2017, it is the most recently discovered great ape and already the rarest, with fewer than 800 left in a single patch of Sumatran forest. It clung to the tree of life unnoticed until DNA revealed it was its own kind.One in a Krillion · 100
  • AustralopithecusDeep Cut · 85
  • Bornean orangutanDeep Cut · 85
  • DenisovanDeep Cut · 85
  • Eastern gorillaDeep Cut · 85
  • GigantopithecusA ten-foot orangutan relative that shared Asia with early humans, known almost entirely from teeth and jawbones.Deep Cut · 85
  • Homo erectusDeep Cut · 85
  • Homo floresiensisDeep Cut · 85
  • Homo habilisDeep Cut · 85
  • Homo nalediDeep Cut · 85
  • NeanderthalAn extinct member of the same family. Every great ape list gets longer once you stop insisting on the living ones.Deep Cut · 85
  • Sumatran orangutanDeep Cut · 85
  • Western gorillaDeep Cut · 85
  • BonoboRare · 60
  • OrangutanSchooler · 30
  • HumanTechnically true. You are a great ape typing on your phone. The school always plays this card.Too Clever · 15
  • ChimpanzeePlankton · 10
  • GorillaPlankton · 10

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