Primates
See also: primates and primâtes
Translingual
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Leontopithecus rosalia
Etymology
From Latin plural of prīmās (“one of the first, chief, excellent, noble”).
Proper noun
Primates
- A taxonomic order within the superorder Euarchontoglires – primates, including apes and monkeys.
Hypernyms
- (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass; Mammalia - class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass
Hyponyms
- (order): Strepsirrhini (with wet noses), Haplorrhini (with dry noses) - suborders
- Aotidae, Atelidae, Cebidae, Cercopithecidae, Cheirogaleidae, Daubentoniidae, Galagidae, Hominidae, Hylobatidae, Indridae, Lemuridae, Lepilemuridae, Lorisidae, Pitheciidae, Tarsiidae - families
Translations
taxonomic order, within superorder Euarchontoglires - the primates
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References
Primates on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Primates on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Primates on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Primates in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.
- Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521