List_of_primates

List of primates

List of primates

Animals in mammal order Primates


Primates is a diverse order of placental mammals which includes monkeys, lemurs, galagos, lorisids, tarsiers, and apes (including humans). Members of this order are called primates. The order currently comprises 502 extant species, which are grouped into 81 genera. The majority of primates live in South and Central America, Africa, and southern and Southeast Asia, in a variety of habitats, particularly forests but also including grasslands, savannas, shrublands, wetlands, deserts, and rocky areas. The exception is humans, which have spread worldwide to every biome. Primates come in a variety of body plans but typically feature large brains, a shoulder girdle allowing a large degree of movement in the shoulder joint, dexterous hands, and tails, sometimes prehensile.[1] They range in size from Margot Marsh's mouse lemur, at 8 cm (3 in) plus a 11 cm (4 in) tail, to the eastern gorilla, at 196 cm (77 in), not including limbs. Primates are also the most intelligent animals and non-human primates are recorded to use tools, communicate with gestures and vocalizations, and have complex social systems.[2]

Ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta)
Red slender loris (Loris tardigradus)
Northern greater galago (Otolemur garnettii)
Philippine tarsier (Carlito syrichta)
Red-faced spider monkey (Ateles paniscus)
Hamadryas baboon (Papio hamadryas)
Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes)
Humans (Homo sapiens)
Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus)
Western gorilla (Gorilla gorilla)
Range and density of non-human primates

Primates is divided into two suborders: Haplorrhini and Strepsirrhini. The suborders are further subdivided into clades and families. Haplorrhini contains nine families in four major clades: Cercopithecoidea, containing the Old World monkeys of the family Cercopithecidae; Hominoidea, containing the great apes of the family Hominidae and the gibbons of the family Hylobatidae; Platyrrhines, or New World monkeys, divided into the families Aotidae, Atelidae, Callitrichidae, Cebidae, and Pitheciidae and containing night, howler, spider, woolly, capuchin, squirrel, and saki monkeys, marmosets, and tamarins; and Tarsiiformes, containing the tarsier family Tarsiidae. Strepsirrhini is split between two clades: Lemuroidea, divided into the families Cheirogaleidae (dwarf and mouse lemurs), Daubentoniidae (the aye-aye), Indriidae (wooly lemurs, sifakas, and indri), Lemuridae (lemurs), and Lepilemuridae (sportive lemurs); and Lorisoidea, split between the galago family Galagidae and the loris family Lorisidae. The exact organization of the species is not fixed, with many recent proposals made based on molecular phylogenetic analysis. No species have been recorded as going extinct since 1500 CE, but over 200 species, or more than 40 percent of all primates, are considered endangered or critically endangered.

Conventions

Range maps are provided wherever possible; if a range map is not available, a description of the collective range of species in that genera is provided. Ranges are based on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species unless otherwise noted.

Classification

The order Primates consists of 502 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 subfamilies.

Suborder Haplorrhini

Suborder Strepsirrhini

Primates[3]  

Primates

The following classification is based on the taxonomy described by Mammal Species of the World (2005), with augmentation by generally accepted proposals made since using molecular phylogenetic analysis, as supported by both the IUCN and the American Society of Mammalogists.[4]

Suborder Haplorrhini

Superfamily Cercopithecoidea

Family Cercopithecidae

Members of the Cercopithecidae family are called cercopithecids, or colloquially Old World monkeys, and include baboons, colobuses, guenons, lutungs, macaques, and other types of monkeys. Cercopithecidae comprises 158 extant species, divided into 23 genera. These genera are grouped into two subfamilies: Cercopithecinae, or cercopithecine monkeys, containing baboon, guenon, macaque, and other monkey species; and Colobinae, or leaf-eating monkeys, containing colobus, lutung, and other monkey species.

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Superfamily Hominoidea

Family Hominidae

Members of the Hominidae family are hominids, or colloquially great apes, and include gorillas, chimpanzees, orangutans, and humans. Hominoidae comprises eight extant species, divided into four genera. These genera are grouped into two subfamilies: Homininae, or African hominids, containing gorillas, chimpanzees, bonobos, and humans; and Ponginae, or Asian hominids, containing orangutans.

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Family Hylobatidae

Members of the Hylobatidae family are hylobatids, or colloquially gibbons. Hylobatidae comprises 19 extant species, divided into four genera.

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Parvorder Platyrrhines

Family Aotidae

Members of the Aotidae family are aotids, or colloquially night monkeys. Aotidae comprises eleven extant species in a single genus.

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Family Atelidae

Members of the Atelidae family are atelids, or colloquially night monkeys, and include howler, spider, woolly, and woolly spider monkeys. Aotidae comprises 24 extant species in 4 genera. It is divided into the subfamilies Alouattinae, or howler monkeys, and Atelinae, or spider and woolly monkeys.

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Family Callitrichidae

Members of the Callitrichidae family are callitrichids, and include marmosets, tamarins, and lion tamarins. Callitrichidae comprises 43 extant species in 7 genera.

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Family Cebidae

Members of the Cebidae family are cebids, and include capuchin and squirrel monkeys. Cebidae comprises eighteen extant species in three genera, and is divided into the subfamilies Cebinae, or capuchin monkeys, and Saimiriinae, or squirrel monkeys.

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Family Pitheciidae

Members of the Pitheciidae family are pitheciids, and include titis, saki monkeys and uakaris. Pitheciidae comprises 55 extant species in 5 genera, and is divided into the subfamilies Callicebinae, or titis, and Pitheciinae, or saki monkeys and uakaris.

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Infraorder Tarsiiformes

Family Tarsiidae

Members of the Tarsiidae family are tarsiids, or colloquially tarsiers. Tarsiidae comprises fourteen extant species in three genera.

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Suborder Strepsirrhini

Superfamily Lemuroidea

Family Cheirogaleidae

Members of the Cheirogaleidae family are cheirogaleids, and include dwarf, mouse, giant mouse, and fork-marked lemurs. Cheirogaleidae comprises 41 extant species in 5 genera.

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Family Daubentoniidae

Members of the Daubentoniidae family are daubentoniids; the family comprises a single extant species, the aye-aye.

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Family Indriidae

Members of the Indriidae family are indriids, and include woolly lemurs, sifakas, and indri. Indriidae comprises nineteen extant species in three genera.

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Family Lemuridae

Members of the Lemuridae family are lemurids, and include ring-tailed, true, ruffed, and bamboo lemurs. Indriidae comprises 21 extant species in 5 genera.

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Family Lepilemuridae

Members of the Lepilemuridae family are lepilemurids, or colloquially sportive lemurs. Lepilemuridae comprises 25 extant species in a single genus.

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Superfamily Lorisoidea

Family Galagidae

Members of the Galagidae family are galagids, or colloquially galagos or bush babies. Galagidae comprises nineteen extant species in six genera.

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Family Lorisidae

Members of the Lorisidae family are lorisids, and include lorises, pottos and angwantibos. Lorisidae comprises sixteen extant species in five genera, and is divided into the subfamilies Lorisinae, or lorises, and Perodicticinae, or the angwantibos and pottos.

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  7. Allochrocebus habitats:
  8. Cercocebus sizes, habitats, and diets:
  9. Cercopithecus sizes, habitats, and diets:
  10. Chlorocebus sizes and diets:
  11. Chlorocebus habitats:
  12. Erythrocebus sizes and diets:
  13. Erythrocebus habitats:
  14. Lophocebus sizes, habitats, and diets:
  15. Macaca sizes and diets:
  16. Macaca habitats:
  17. Mandrillus sizes, habitats, and diets:
  18. Miopithecus sizes, habitats, and diets:
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  34. Rhinopithecus habitats:
  35. Semnopithecus sizes, habitats, and diets:
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  43. Pan habitats:
  44. Pongo sizes and diets:
  45. Pongo habitats:
  46. Hoolock sizes, habitats, and diets:
  47. Hylobates sizes, habitats, and diets:
  48. Nomascus sizes, habitats, and diets:
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  51. Alouatta sizes, habitats, and diets:
  52. Ateles sizes and diets:
  53. Ateles habitats:
  54. Brachyteles sizes and diets:
  55. Brachyteles habitats:
  56. Lagothrix sizes and diets:
  57. Lagothrix habitats:
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  60. Callithrix sizes and diets:
  61. Callithrix habitats:
  62. Cebuella sizes and diets:
  63. Cebuella habitats:
  64. Leontocebus sizes, habitats, and diets:
  65. Leontopithecus sizes and diets:
  66. Leontopithecus habitats:
  67. Mico sizes, habitats, and diets:
  68. Saguinus sizes, habitats, and diets:
  69. Cebus sizes and diets:
  70. Cebus habitats:
  71. Sapajus sizes, habitats, and diets:
  72. Saimiri sizes, habitats, and diets:
  73. Callicebus sizes, habitats, and diets:
  74. Cheracebus sizes, habitats, and diets:
  75. Plecturocebus sizes, habitats, and diets:
  76. Cacajao sizes and diets:
  77. Cacajao habitats:
  78. Chiropotes sizes and diets:
  79. Chiropotes habitats:
  80. Pithecia sizes, habitats, and diets:
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  86. Cheirogaleus sizes, habitats, and diets:
  87. Microcebus sizes, habitats, and diets:
  88. Mirza sizes, habitats, and diets:
  89. Phaner sizes, habitats, and diets:
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  94. Eulemur sizes, habitats, and diets:
  95. Hapalemur sizes, habitats, and diets:
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  99. Varecia sizes and diets:
  100. Varecia habitats:
  101. Lepilemur sizes, habitats, and diets:
  102. Euoticus sizes, habitats, and diets:
  103. Galago sizes and diets:
  104. Galago habitats:
  105. Galagoides sizes and diets:
  106. Galagoides habitats:
  107. Otolemur sizes and diets:
  108. Otolemur habitats:
  109. Paragalago sizes and diets:
  110. Paragalago habitats:
  111. Sciurocheirus sizes and diets:
  112. Sciurocheirus habitats:
  113. Loris sizes and diets:
  114. Loris habitats:
  115. Nycticebus sizes and diets:
  116. Nycticebus habitats:
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  119. Arctocebus sizes and diets:
  120. Arctocebus habitats:
  121. Perodicticus sizes and diets:
  122. Perodicticus habitats:

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