Primate Classification Flashcards
1
Q
Suborders
A
Strepsirhini (lemurs & lorises)
Haplorhini (everything else)
2
Q
Infraorders of haplorhini
A
Tarsiiformes (tarsiers)
Anthropoidea (everything else)
3
Q
Parvorders if anthropoidea
A
Platyrrhini (new world monkeys)
Catarrhini (old world monkeys, apes & humans)
4
Q
Superfamilies of catarrhini
A
Cercopithecoidea (old world monkeys)
Hominoidea (apes & humans)
5
Q
Families of hominoidea
A
Hylobatidae (gibbons, siamang)
Hominidae (great apes, humans)