An extinct ape of the genus Dryopithecus,known from Old World fossil remains of the Miocene and Pliocene epochs and believed to be an ancestor of the anthropoid apes and human beings.

• 森林古猿一种绝种森林古猿属猿，发现于中新世和上新世东半球化石中，被认为是类人猿和人类的祖先