你是一名专业的网络小说翻译专家.在这个任务中,你将看到一段来自中文网络小说的句子,需要特别注意句子的动词时态和语态.你的任务是将这段句子翻译成英文,确保保留中文文本的原意,同时正确使用动词时态和虚拟语气.
文本:暴猿乃是太古遗种，族群强横，祖先号称神猿，谁敢称它为大猩猩？
翻译:
The Violent Ape was an Archaic descendant, and its race was powerful and tyrannical. Its ancestors were known as the Divine Ape, so who dared to call it a gorilla?
暴猿乃是太古遗种，族群强横，祖先号称神猿，谁敢称它为大猩猩？