Pongidae

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Thus it would make more sense to separate out Pongo orangutan, the type genus of the Pongidae.

Meet Selam - The Panda's Thumb 2006
Traditionally this taxon has been restricted to modern humans and their non-ape fossil ancestors, with the apes belonging to sister taxa, the Hylobatidae (gibbons and siamangs) and the Pongidae (great apes).

Meet Selam - The Panda's Thumb 2006
The research of more than a century has shown that the many similarities in behavior and physical characteristics between Hominidae (hominids) and Pongidae can be explained by identical characteristics that each group inherited millions of years ago from a common ancestor.

C. Human Origins (4 Million to 1.8 Million Years Ago) 2001
Our closest primate relatives are the Pongidae, the so-called anthropoid apes, including the chimpanzee and the gorilla.

C. Human Origins (4 Million to 1.8 Million Years Ago) 2001
The clearest expression of the resistance to this notion is that chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans are still assigned to a separate family, Pongidae, while humans and their ancestors have been placed in their own family, the Hominidae.

The Quest for Adam 1999
Since the name Hominidae has priority over the name Pongidae, the new arrangement would assume the name Hominidae.

Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions 2010
APES AND MEN The second catarrhine family is Pongidae fpon'jih-dee), which includes the animals known as "apes."

The Human Brain Asimov, Isaac 1963