Indopithecus

Indopithecus
Temporal range: Miocene
Indopithecus jaw at the Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont in Sabadell, Catalonia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Family: Hominidae
Genus: Indopithecus
von Koenigswald, 1950
Species:
I. giganteus
Binomial name
Indopithecus giganteus
(Pilgrim, 1915)

Indopithecus giganteus (lit.'Indian ape') is an extinct species of large ape that lived in the late Miocene of the Siwalik Hills in northern India. Although frequently assigned to the more well-known genus Gigantopithecus, recent authors consider it to be a distinct genus in its own right.