order Primates

Thesaurus

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order Primates - an animal order including lemurs and tarsiers and monkeys and apes and human beingsPrimatesanimal order - the order of animalsEutheria, subclass Eutheria - all mammals except monotremes and marsupialsprimate - any placental mammal of the order Primates; has good eyesight and flexible hands and feetAnthropoidea, suborder Anthropoidea - monkeys; apes; hominidsProsimii, suborder Prosimii - not used in all classifications; in some classifications considered coextensive with the Lemuroidea; in others includes both Lemuroidea and TarsioideaAdapid, Adapid group - extinct small mostly diurnal lower primates that fed on leaves and fruit; abundant in North America and Europe 30 to 50 million years ago; their descendents probably include the lemurs; some authorities consider them ancestral to anthropoids but others consider them only cousinsLemuroidea, suborder Lemuroidea - Lemuridae; Lorisidae; Daubentoniidae; Indriidae; used in some classifications instead of Prosimii; in others considered a subdivision of ProsimiiStrepsirhini, suborder Strepsirhini - in some classifications either coextensive with the Lemuroidea or comprising the true lemursOmomyid, Omomyid group - extinct tiny nocturnal lower primates that fed on fruit and insects; abundant in North America and Europe 30 to 50 million years ago; probably gave rise to the tarsiers; some authorities consider them ancestral to anthropoids but others consider them only cousinssuborder Tarsioidea, Tarsioidea - in some classifications assigned to the suborder Prosimii