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==Species== Currently three species are generally recognized: *'''''Sivapithecus indicus''''' fossils date from about 12.5 million to 10.5 million years ago.<ref>{{cite journal |first1=Michèle E. |last1=Morgan |first2=Kristi L. |last2=Lewton |first3=Jay |last3=Kelley |first4=Erik |last4=Otárola-Castillo |first5=John C. |last5=Barry |first6=Lawrence J. |last6=Flynn |first7=David |last7=Pilbeam |title=A partial hominoid innominate from the Miocene of Pakistan: Description and preliminary analyses |journal= Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences| date=8 December 2014 |volume=112 |issue=1 |pages=82–87 |doi=10.1073/pnas.1420275111|pmid=25489095 |pmc=4291661 |doi-access=free }}</ref> *'''''Sivapithecus sivalensis''''' lived from 9.5 million to 8.5 million years ago. It was found at the [[Pothohar Plateau|Pothwar plateau]] in Pakistan as well as in parts of India. The animal was about the size of a chimpanzee but had the facial morphology of an orangutan; it ate soft fruit (detected in the toothwear pattern) and was probably mainly arboreal. *'''''Sivapithecus parvada''''' described in 1988, this species is significantly larger and dated to about 10 million years ago.
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