What is the diffrence between a monkey , ape , and gorilla ?
All three are in the order primates. However, monkeys are a much larger group comprising several families including the old and new world monkeys. Apes are a group of higher primates classified into two groups: lesser apes, which include gibbons and siamangs and great apes which include chimpanzees, bonobos, orangutans, and gorillas; sometimes humans are included as great apes. A gorilla is a kind of ape. Generally, monkeys have tails and apes don’t. There are four species of great apes, five if you count humans. Gorillas ARE NOT monkeys and neither are any of the great or lesser apes. Monkeys, apes, and prosimians such as lemurs comprise the order Primates, a scientific order within the class Mammalia.
