Catarrhini
Translingual
Etymology
New Latin, from Ancient Greek καταρρινα (katarrhina, “hook-nosed”), from καταρρέω (katarrhéō, “down-flowing”) + ῥινες (rhines, “nostrils”).
Proper noun
Catarrhini
- A taxonomic parvorder within the order Primates – the apes, humans and Old World monkeys.
Hypernyms
- (parvorder): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass; Mammalia - class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Primates - order; Haplorhini - suborder; Simiiformes - infraorder
Hyponyms
- (parvorder): Cercopithecoidea (Old World monkeys), Hominoidea (apes and humans) (superfamilies)
- †Dendropithecoidea, †Pliopithecoidea, †Proconsuloidea, †Propliopithecoidea, †Saadanioidea (extinct superfamilies)
- †Kalepithecus, †Kamoyapithecus, †Kogolepithecus, †Limnopithecus, †Otavipithecus (extinct genera, incertae sedis)
References
- Catarrhini on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Catarrhini on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Catarrhini on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Catarrhini at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Catarrhini at Encyclopedia of Life
- Catarrhini at Paleology Database