Primate Taxonomy
Primate Taxonomy
Primate Taxonomy
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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)