| These Pygmy Slow Lorises (Nycticebus pygmaeus) are in the suborder Strepsirrhini, the prosimians.
Chapter Outline- Description of Mammalia
- Classification of Mammalia
- Prototheria
- Metatheria
- Eutheria
- Afrotheria
- Laurasiatheria
- Cetartiodactyla
- Carnivora
- Euarchontoglires
- Primates
- Hominidae
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Links to external sites will appear in pop-up windows. | | | Primates are one of the orders in the superorder Euarchontoglires, discussed on the previous page. It includes monkeys, apes and humans. Humans and apes are in the family Hominidae, which will be discussed on the following page. The other families will be discussed on this page.
- Primates
- Strepsirrhini - Prosimians
- Haplorrhini
- Tarsiiformes - Tarsiers
- Simiiformes
- Platyrrhini - New World Monkeys
- Catarrhini
- Cercopithecoidea - Old World Monkeys
- Hominoidea
- Hylobatidae - Gibbons
- Hominidae [38-XII] - Apes, Humans
The suborder Strepsirrhini includes the prosimians.
INFRAORDER CHIROMYIFORMES
- FAMILY DAUBENTONIIDAE
- Aye-Aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis) -
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- FAMILY LORISIDAE - LORISES
- Angwantibos (Arctocebus spp.)
- Slender Lorises (Loris)
- Pygmy Slow Loris (Nycticebus pygmaeus) -
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- Potto (Perodicticus potto)
INFRAORDER LEMURIFORMES
- FAMILY CHEIROGALEIDAE - DWARF AND MOUSE LEMURS
- Lesser Lemur (Cheirogaleus medius) -
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- Hairy-Eared Dwarf Lemur (Allocebus trichotis)
- Mouse Lemurs (Microcebus spp.)
- Mouse Lemurs (Mirza spp.)
- Fork-Marked Lemur (Phaner furcifer)
- FAMILY INDRIIDAE
- (Archaeolemur spp.)
- Woolly Lemurs (Avahi spp.)
- (Hadropithecus stenognathus)
- Indri (Indri indri)
- Sifakas (Propithecus spp.)
- FAMILY LEMURIDAE - LEMURS
- Lemurs (Eulemur spp.)
- Bamboo Lemurs (Hapalemur spp.)
- Ring-Tailed Lemur (Lemur catta) -
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- Omaha Zoo
- Red Ruffed Lemur (Varecia variegata rubra) -
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- FAMILY LEPILEMURIDAE - SPORTIVE LEMURS
- Sportive Lemurs (Lepilemur spp.)
- (Megaladapis edwardsi)
INFRAORDER LORISIFORMES
- FAMILY GALAGIDAE - GALAGOS
- Western Needle-Clawed Galago (Euoticus elegantulus)
- Galagos & Bushbabies (Galago spp.)
- Galagos (Galagoides spp.)
- Greater Bushbaby (Otolemur crassicaudatus) -
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The suborder Haplorrhini includes new and old world monkeys and the apes. The family of apes that includes humans, Hominidae, will be dicussed on the next page.
INFRAORDER TARSIIFORMES
INFRAORDER SIMIIFORMES
- PARVORDER PLATYRRHINI - NEW WORLD MONKEYS
- FAMILY AOTIDAE
- Night Monkeys (Aotus spp.)
- FAMILY ATELIDAE
- SUBFAMILY ALOUATTINAE
- Howler Monkeys (Alouatta spp.)
- SUBFAMILY ATELINAE
- Geoffrey's Spider Monkey (Ateles geoffroyi) -
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- Omaha Zoo
- Colombian Brown Spider Monkey (Ateles belzebuth hybridus) - Children's Zoo
- Woolly Spider Monkey (Brachyteles arachnoides)
- Woolly Monkeys (Lagothrix spp.)
- FAMILY CEBIDAE
- SUBFAMILY CALLITRICHINAE
- Goeldi's Marmoset (Callimico goeldii)
- Pygmy Marmoset (Callithrix pygmaea) -
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Omaha Zoo, Lied Jungle; (San Diego Zoo, Children's Zoo)
- Weid's Black-Tufted-Ear Marmoset (Callithrix kuhlii) -
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- Lion Tamarins (Leontopithecus spp.)
- Tamarins (Saguinus spp.)
- SUBFAMILY CEBINAE
- Capuchin Monkeys (Cebus spp.)
- SUBFAMILY SAIMIRIINAE
- Squirrel Monkeys (Saimiri spp.)
- FAMILY PITHECIIDAE
- SUBFAMILY CALLICEBINAE
- Titi Monkeys (Callicebus spp.)
- SUBFAMILY PITHECIINAE
- Uacaris (Cacajao spp.)
- Sakis (Chiropotes spp.)
- Saki Monkeys (Pithecia spp.)
- PARVORDER CATARRHINI
- SUPERFAMILY CERCOPITHECOIDEA
- FAMILY CERCOPITHECIDAE - OLD WORLD MONKEYS
- SUBFAMILY CERCOPITHECINAE
- Allen's Swamp Monkey (Allenopithecus nigroviridis) - San Diego Zoo, Ituri Forest
- Black Mangabey (Lophocebus aterrimus) -
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- KC Zoo
- Red-Capped Mangabey (Cerocebus torquatus) -
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- KC Zoo
- De Brazza's Monkey (Cercopithecus neglectus) -
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- Schmidt's Spot-Nosed Guenon (Cercopithecus ascanius schmidti) - San Diego Zoo, Ituri Forest
- Green Monkeys (Chlorocebus spp.)
- Red Guenon (Erythrocebus patas)
- Mangabeys (Lophocebus spp.)
- Lion-Tailed Macaque (Macaca silenus) - Sun Bear Forest
- Forest Baboons/Mandrills (Mandrillus spp.)
- Talapoins (Miopithecus spp.)
- Baboons (Papio spp.)
- Highland Mangabey (Rungwecebus kipunji)
- Gelada Baboon (Theropithecus gelada)
- SUBFAMILY COLOBINAE
- Kikuyu Colobus (Colobus guereza kikuyuensis) - SWAP, Heart of Africa
- Proboscis Monkey (Nasalis larvatus) -
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- Red Colobuses (Piliocolobus spp.)
- Francois' Langur (Presbytis francoisi) -
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- Olive Colobus (Procolobus verus)
- Douc Langurs (Pygathrix spp.)
- Snub-Nosed Monkeys (Rhinopithecus spp.)
- Sacred Langurs (Semnopithecus spp.)
- Leaf Monkeys (Trachypithecus spp.)
- SUPERFAMILY HOMINOIDEA - APES
- FAMILY HYLOBATIDAE - GIBBONS
- Hoolock Gibbons (Hoolock spp.)
- Common Gibbon (Hylobates lar) -
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- Gibbons (Nomascus spp.)
- Siamang (Symphalangus syndactylus) - San Diego Zoo, Absolutely Apes
- FAMILY HOMINIDAE - GREAT APES
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