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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.
- What Do Primates Have in Common? Humans & Our Cousins | AMNHHumans are primates–a diverse group that includes some 200 species. © AMNH / Denis FinninLiving primates. Monkeys, lemurs and apes are our cousins, and we all have evolved from a common ancestor over the last 60 million years. Because primates are related, they are genetically similar.
- Why Are Humans Primates? | Science| Smithsonian MagazineWhy Are Humans Primates? People may seem very different from lemurs, monkeys and apes, but all primates share a few key physical and behavioral characteristics. Erin Wayman. October 29, 2012....
- Primate - WikipediaPrimates are the members of a diverse order of mammals. They are divided into the strepsirrhines, which include the lemurs, galagos, and lorisids, and the haplorhines, which include the tarsiers and the simians (monkeys and apes).
- The Evolution of Primates – Introductory Biology: Evolutionary and ...Characteristics of Primates. All primate species possess adaptations for climbing trees, as they all descended from tree-dwellers. This arboreal heritage of primates has resulted in hands and feet that are adapted for climbing, or brachiation (swinging through trees using the arms).
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