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Bookmark or Share- List of primates | Apes, Monkeys, Lemurs | BritannicaA primate is any mammal of the group that includes lemurs, lorises, tarsiers, monkeys, apes, and humans. The order Primates, with its 300 or more species, is the third most diverse order of mammals, after rodents and bats. This is a list of selected primates ordered alphabetically by taxonomic.
- Primate - WikipediaRange and density of non-human primates. Primates is an order of mammals, which is further divided into the strepsirrhines, which include lemurs, galagos, and lorisids; and the haplorhines, which include tarsiers; and the simians, which include monkeys and apes.
- ADW: Primates: INFORMATIONThe Primates are an ancient and diverse eutherian group, with around 233 living species placed in 13 families. Most dwell in tropical forests. The smallest living primate is the pygmy mouse lemur, which weighs around 30 g. The largest is the gorilla, weighing up to around 175 kg.
- Primate - Primates, Taxonomy, Evolution | BritannicaA group of fossil mammals called the Paromomyiformes, known mainly from the Paleocene, have usually been classified as primates, but the eminent primate specialist Robert D. Martin has long argued that their connection with authenticated primates is tenuous, to say the least, and, in the 1990s, the paleontologist K.C. Beard discovered hand ...
- Primates: The Ultimate Guide – Facts, Pictures, In-Depth InformationThere are around 300 different species of primate, making Primates the third most diverse group of mammals (after rodents and bats). The scientific study of primates is known as primatology. The subject is of particular interest to us because Primates is the order to which humans belong.
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