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| + | :''This article is about the zoological classification. For the ecclesiastical rank, please see [[Primates in the Church]]'' |
| − | '''Primates''' are a group of mainly tropical mammals. Several hundred [[species]] belong to the order. | |
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| − | They are often put into 3 large groups: Prosimians, including lemurs, tarsiers, and lorises. Monkeys are actually split into smaller groups: New World Monkeys, like
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| − | spider and howler monkeys, and Old World [[monkey]]s like languars and baboons. Apes are somewhat similar to monkeys, but have no tail. As formulated by most [[biologist]]s, they include gorillas, gibbons, chimps and humans.
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| | + | |caption=Pileated gibbon (''Hylobates pileatus'') |
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| | + | '''Primates''' is an order of mammals which share ape-like characteristics. Several hundred [[species]] belong to the order. |
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| − | ==See also==
| + | They are often put into two large groups: the suborder Strepsirrhini, which include [[lemur]]s, tarsiers, and lorises; and the suborder Haplorrhini, which include the small tarsiers; the New World [[monkey]]s (spider and howler monkeys); Old World monkeys (languars and [[baboon]]s); and the Apes, which, as formulated by most [[biologist]]s and [[Anthropology|anthropologists]], include the lesser apes ([[gibbon]]s) and greater apes ([[gorilla]]s, [[chimpanzee]]s, and [[orangutan]]s). |
| − | *[[Primates in the Church]]
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| − | [[Category:Primates| ]] | + | Scientists who believe in [[evolution]] also claim that it includes [[human]]s, placing us with the family that includes the great apes, a theory rejected by creationists. |
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| | + | ==Taxonomy== |
| | + | *Primates |
| | + | ::Suborder [[Strepsirrhini]]: prosimians |
| | + | :::Infraorder [[Lemuriformes]] |
| | + | ::::::Family Cheirogaleidae: dwarf and [[mouse lemur]]s |
| | + | ::::::Family Daubentoniidae: [[Aye-aye]] |
| | + | ::::::Family Lemuridae: [[lemur]]s |
| | + | ::::::Family Lepilemuridae: [[sportive lemur]]s |
| | + | ::::::Family Indriidae: [[woolly lemur]]s |
| | + | :::Infraorder Lorisiformes |
| | + | ::::::Family Lorisidae: [[loris]]es and [[potto]]s |
| | + | ::::::Family Galagidae: [[galago]]s |
| | + | ::Suborder Haplorrhini |
| | + | :::Infraorder Tarsiiformes |
| | + | ::::::Family Tarsiidae: [[tarsier]]s |
| | + | :::Infraorder [[Simiiformes]] |
| | + | ::::Parvorder [[Platyrrhini]]: New World monkeys |
| | + | ::::::Family [[Callitrichidae]]: [[marmoset]]s and [[tamarin]]s |
| | + | ::::::Family [[Cebidae]]: [[capuchin monkey|capuchin]] and [[squirrel monkey]]s |
| | + | ::::::Family [[Aotidae]]: [[owl monkey]]s |
| | + | ::::::Family [[Pitheciidae]]: [[titi]]s, [[saki]]s and [[uakari]]s |
| | + | ::::::Family [[Atelidae]]: prehensile-tailed monkeys ([[howler monkey|howler]], [[spider monkey|spider]] and [[woolly monkey]]s) |
| | + | ::::Parvorder [[Catarrhini]] |
| | + | :::::Superfamily [[Cercopithecoidea]] |
| | + | ::::::Family [[Cercopithecidae]]: Old World monkeys ([[baboon]]s, [[macaque]]s, etc.) |
| | + | :::::Superfamily [[Hominoidea]] |
| | + | ::::::Family [[Hylobatidae]]: [[gibbon]]s |
| | + | ::::::Family [[Hominidae]]: great apes ([[gorilla]]s, [[chimpanzee]]s, [[orangutan]]s) |
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