Primate Taxonomy Flashcards
Prosimians
Lemurs and Lorises + Tarsiers
Anthropoids
NW, OW monkeys and apes
Phenetic classification of primates
prosimians and anthropoids
Cladisitic classification of primates
strepsirhinni + haplorhinni
Strepsirhinni
Lemurs and Lorises
Haplorhinni
Tarsiers, NW, OW monkeys and apes
haplorhinnies- further into–> into catarhines and platarhinnes (excluding tarsiers)
Lemur examples
indri
aye aye
mouse lemur
ring tailed lemur
Loris example
bush baby (galago) loris
types of NW monkeys
atelids
cephids
callitrichidis
types of OW monkeys
cercopithecines
colobines
types of apes
small apes
great apes
atelid examples (3)
howler monkey
spider monkey
muriqui
cephid example
capuchin
squirrel monkey
callitrichid example
marmoset
tamorins
cercopithecines example (5)
macaque baboon guenon gelada mandrill