Difference between revisions of "Primate"

Primates
	Pileated gibbon (Hylobates pileatus)
Scientific classification
	Kingdom Information
Kingdom	Animalia
	Phylum Information
Phylum	Chordata
	Class Information
Class	Mammalia
Infra-class	Eutheria
	Order Information
Superorder	Euarchontoglires
Order	Primates
Population statistics

Revision as of 02:10, January 20, 2011

Primates is an order of mammals which share ape-like characteristics. Several hundred species belong to the order.

They are often put into two large groups: the suborder Strepsirrhini, which include lemurs, tarsiers, and lorises; and the suborder Haplorrhini, which include the small tarsiers; the New World monkeys (spider and howler monkeys); Old World monkeys (languars and baboons); and the Apes, which, as formulated by most biologists and anthropologists, include the lesser apes (gibbons) and greater apes (gorillas, chimpanzees, and orangutans).

Scientists who believe in evolution also claim that it includes humans, placing us with the family that includes the great apes, a theory rejected by creationists.

Taxonomy

Primates

Suborder Strepsirrhini: prosimians

Infraorder Lemuriformes

Family Cheirogaleidae: dwarf and mouse lemurs

Family Daubentoniidae: Aye-aye

Family Lemuridae: lemurs

Family Lepilemuridae: sportive lemurs

Family Indriidae: woolly lemurs

Infraorder Lorisiformes

Family Lorisidae: lorises and pottos

Family Galagidae: galagos

Suborder Haplorrhini

Infraorder Tarsiiformes

Family Tarsiidae: tarsiers

Infraorder Simiiformes

Parvorder Platyrrhini: New World monkeys

Family Callitrichidae: marmosets and tamarins

Family Cebidae: capuchin and squirrel monkeys

Family Aotidae: owl monkeys

Family Pitheciidae: titis, sakis and uakaris

Family Atelidae: prehensile-tailed monkeys (howler, spider and woolly monkeys)

Parvorder Catarrhini

Superfamily Cercopithecoidea

Family Cercopithecidae: Old World monkeys (baboons, macaques, etc.)

Superfamily Hominoidea

Family Hylobatidae: gibbons

Family Hominidae: great apes (gorillas, chimpanzees, orangutans)

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Primates

Pileated gibbon (Hylobates pileatus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom Information
Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum Information
Phylum	Chordata
Class Information
Class	Mammalia
Infra-class	Eutheria
Order Information
Superorder	Euarchontoglires
Order	Primates
Population statistics

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