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<strong>Primate</strong> <strong>Taxonomy</strong><br />

Order: <strong>Primate</strong>s<br />

Suborder: Strepsirhini Haplorhini


Family: Cheirogaleidae<br />

(mouse lemur)<br />

Lemuridae<br />

(ring-tailed lemur)<br />

Strepsirhini<br />

Infraorder: Lemuriformes<br />

Superfamily: Lemuroidea<br />

Lepilemuridae<br />

(AKA Megaladipidae)<br />

(sportive lemur)<br />

Indridae<br />

(indri)<br />

Order: <strong>Primate</strong>s<br />

Suborder: Strepsirhini<br />

Daubentoniidae<br />

(aye-aye)<br />

Lorisidae<br />

(loris, potto)<br />

Lorisiformes<br />

Lorisoidea<br />

Galagidae<br />

(galago)


Subfamily: Cebinae<br />

(capuchin)<br />

Infraorder: Tarsiiformes<br />

(tarsier)<br />

Aotinae<br />

(owl monkey)<br />

Family: Callithrichidae<br />

(marmoset, tamarin)<br />

Haplorhini<br />

Superfamily: Ceboidea<br />

Pithecinae<br />

(saki monkey)<br />

Suborder: Haplorhini<br />

Platyrrhini Catarrhini<br />

Cebidae<br />

Atelinae<br />

(spider monkey)<br />

Alouattinae<br />

(howler monkey)<br />

(sometimes included in<br />

Atelinae)<br />

Callimiconinae<br />

(Goeldi's monkey)


Infraorder: Tarsiiformes<br />

(tarsier)<br />

Platyrrhini<br />

Subfamily: Colobinae<br />

(langur)<br />

Haplorhini<br />

Superfamily: Cercopithecoidea<br />

Family: Cercopithecidae<br />

Suborder: Haplorhini<br />

Cercopithecinae<br />

(baboon)<br />

Catarrhini<br />

Hylobatidae<br />

(gibbon)<br />

Hominoidea<br />

Pongidae<br />

(gorilla)<br />

Hominidae<br />

(human)

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