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 7 facts

    Monkeys; apes; hominids.

  • Lemuroidea 5 facts

    Lemuridae; Lorisidae; Daubentoniidae; Indriidae; used in some classifications instead...

  • Prosimii 1 facts

    Not used in all classifications; in some classifications considered coextensive with the...

  • Tarsioidea 1 facts

    In some classifications assigned to the suborder Prosimii.

  • Strepsirhini 0 facts

    In some classifications either coextensive with the Lemuroidea or comprising the true...

Taxonomic Group

  • Adapid 0 facts

    Extinct small mostly diurnal lower primates that fed on leaves and fruit; abundant in North...

  • Omomyid 0 facts

    Extinct tiny nocturnal lower primates that fed on fruit and insects; abundant in North America...

Also contains

  • primate 9 facts

    Any placental mammal of the order Primates; has good eyesight and flexible hands and fe...