Today the term is often used to refer to a wider range of countries and especially in reference to the hunting of endangered ape species.

Most ape species are rare or endangered species.

New Zealand granted basic rights to five great ape species in 1999.

The surviving total number of the twenty-five most endangered ape species could fit in a football stadium.

Other ape species include the white-handed gibbon and the siamang.

Eighteen million years ago, our ancestors were merely one among dozens of ape species, most of which subsequently became extinct.

Immune genes are expanded in macaques, relative to all four great ape species.

Although gorillas are the largest of the great ape species, they can be difficult to track down.

In addition, he has conducted extensive in situ field work with the four great ape species of both Africa and Indonesia.