Primates
Of animal order and Eutheria. May also be referred to as order Primates.
An animal order including lemurs and tarsiers and monkeys and apes and human beings.
This concept's ID is @1~12975
Animal Order
- Anthropoidea
Monkeys; apes; hominids.
- Lemuroidea
Lemuridae; Lorisidae; Daubentoniidae; Indriidae; used in some classifications instead...
- Prosimii
Not used in all classifications; in some classifications considered coextensive with the...
- Tarsioidea
In some classifications assigned to the suborder Prosimii.
- Strepsirhini
In some classifications either coextensive with the Lemuroidea or comprising the true...
Taxonomic Group
- Adapid
Extinct small mostly diurnal lower primates that fed on leaves and fruit; abundant in North...
- Omomyid
Extinct tiny nocturnal lower primates that fed on fruit and insects; abundant in North America...
Also contains
- primate
Any placental mammal of the order Primates; has good eyesight and flexible hands and fe...