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Humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans are members of a clade called the great apes, which shared a common ancestor about 18 million years ago. Gibbons and siamangs comprise a clade called the lesser apes. Tree-branch lengths indicate elapsed time.
-The great apes comprise the family Hominidae, whereas the lesser apes comprise the family Hylobatidae. If the extant organisms on the far right side of the above figure comprise the next-most exclusive (i.e., specific)taxon, then they comprise different
A)subspecies.
B)species.
C)genuses.
D)genera.
E)orders.

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Humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans are members of a clade called the great apes, which shared a common ancestor about 18 million years ago. Gibbons and siamangs comprise a clade called the lesser apes. Tree-branch lengths indicate elapsed time.
-The great apes comprise the family Hominidae, whereas the lesser apes comprise the family Hylobatidae. If the extant organisms on the far right side of the above figure comprise the next-most exclusive (i.e., specific)taxon, then they comprise different
A)subspecies. 
B)species. 
C)genuses. 
D)genera. 
E)orders.

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The term "genera" is the plural form of "genus," which is the taxonomic rank below family and above species. Since the great apes and lesser apes belong to different families, the next-most exclusive taxon would be different genera.

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