Gigantopithecus

== Translingual == === Etymology === From New Latin, from Ancient Greek Γίγαντος (Gígantos) (genitive of Γίγας (Gígas, “Giant”)) + πίθηκος (píthēkos, “ape”). === Proper noun === †Gigantopithecus m A taxonomic genus within the family Hominidae – an ape that existed from roughly one million years to as recently as three-hundred thousand years ago, in what is now China, India, and Vietnam. ==== Hyponyms ==== (genus): Gigantopithecus bilaspurensis, Gigantopithecus blacki, Gigantopithecus giganteus (extinct species) === Further reading === Gigantopithecus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Gigantopithecus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Gigantopithecus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons