(ORDER) Primates

(ORDER) Primates

1. Strepsirrhini

   • Lorisiformes
     • * Found in SE Asia & Africa  * Small: (less than 2 kg) * Solitary * Nocturnal *Largely arboreal     
     • Lorises
     • Potos
     • Galagos (bush babies)
   • Lemuriformes
     • Lemurs
   • Chiromyiformes
     • Aye-aye

2. Haplorrhini

   • Tarsiformes
   • Simiiformes (anthropoids)
     • Platyrrhines (New World Monkeys)
       • Capuchins
       • Squirrel Monkeys
       • Marmosets
       • Tamrins
       • Howler Monkeys
       • Spider monkeys
       • Sakis
       • Uakaris
       • Polymorphic Trichromatic Vision (can see some colours)
     • Catharrhines (Old World Monkeys)
       • Cercopithecoids
         • Baboons
         • Macaque
         • Geunon
         • Patas monkey
         • Colombines
         • Tails, smaller brain, 4 cusped molars, quadrupedalism
       • Hominoids
         • Hylobatidae (lesser apes)
           • Gibbons
           • Siamangs
         • Hominidae (hominids--great apes and humans)
           • Ponginae
             • Orangutang
           • Gorillinae
             • Gorillas
           • Homininae
             • Chimpanzees
             • Humans
         • No tails, larger brain, 5 cusped molars, suspensory locomtion
       • Full Trichromatic Vision
     • Diurnal and have trichromatic vision

3. Suborder

   • Infra-Order
     • Parvorder
       • Superfamily
         • Family
           • Subfamily
             • Common Name
               • Additional info

4. (Class) Mammalia

   • (Phylum) Chordata
     • (Kingdom) Animalia Mammalia