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Brown spider monkey (Ateles hybridus) Platyrrhini is a parvorder of primates. Members of this parvorder are called platyrrhines, or New World monkeys, and include marmosets, tamarins, and capuchin, squirrel, night, titi, saki, howler, spider, and woolly monkeys. Platyrrhini is one of three clades that form the suborder Haplorrhini, itself one of two suborders in the order Primates. They are ...
The order Primates consists of 505 extant species belonging to 81 genera. This does not include hybrid species or extinct prehistoric species. Modern molecular studies indicate that the 81 genera can be grouped into 16 families; these families are divided between two named suborders and are grouped in those suborders into named clades, and some of these families are subdivided into named ...
Allen's swamp monkey De Brazza's monkey Mantled guereza Common chimpanzee Western lowland gorilla. The order Primates contains humans and their closest relatives: lemurs, lorisoids, tarsiers, monkeys, and apes. Suborder: Strepsirrhini. Infraorder: Lemuriformes. Superfamily: Lorisoidea. Family: Lorisidae. Genus: Arctocebus. Golden angwantibo ...
Spider monkeys live in the upper layers of the rainforest and forage in the high canopy, from 25 to 30 m (82 to 98 ft). [2] They primarily eat fruits, but will also occasionally consume leaves, flowers, and insects. [ 2 ]
Malaysia has 10 monkey species, divided between langurs and macaques. [5] Proboscis monkeys, the world's largest monkey, [1] are a langur species endemic to Borneo. [5] Macaque species include the crab-eating macaque and the pig-tailed macaque. [1]
Dusky leaf monkeys (Trachypithecus obscurus). Cercopithecoidea is a superfamily of primates.Members of this family are called cercopithecoids, or Old World monkeys, and include baboons, colobuses, guenons, lutungs, macaques, and other types of monkeys.
The primates of Colombia include 41 extant species in 13 genera and five families. [1] [2] [3] [4] Additionally, 12 fossil species in 10 genera and five families have ...
Woolly monkeys are found throughout the northern countries of South America (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, and Peru). They usually reside in high-elevation cloud forests, seasonally flooded rainforests, and forests which are situated within Colombia's eastern plains region, although their ideal habitat is humid and mature ...