Primates

See also: primates and primâtes

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin plural of prīmās (“one of the first, chief, excellent, noble”).

Proper noun

Primates

1. A taxonomic order within the class Mammalia – primates.

Hypernyms

• (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia – infraclass; Boreoeutheria – magnorder; Euarchontoglires – superorder; Primatomorpha – mirorder

Hyponyms

• (order): Haplorhini, Strepsirrhini – suborders
  • Aotidae (douroucoulis), Atelidae (spider monkeys, howler monkeys, woolly monkeys, and muriquis), Callitrichidae (marmosets, tamarins, and lion tamarins), Cebidae (capuchin monkeys and squirrel monkeys), Cercopithecidae (Old World monkeys), Cheirogaleidae (dwarf lemurs, mouse lemurs, giant mouse lemurs, fork-marked lemurs, and hairy-eared dwarf lemurs), Daubentoniidae (aye-ayes), Galagidae (galagos), Hominidae (humans, chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, and orangutans), Hylobatidae (gibbons), Indriidae (indris, woolly lemurs, and sifakas), Lemuridae (true lemurs), Lepilemuridae (sportive lemurs), Lorisidae (lorises, pottos, and angwantibos), Pitheciidae (sakis, uakaris, titis, and cuxiús), Tarsiidae (tarsiers) – extant families

Translations

taxonomic order, within superorder Euarchontoglires - the primates

German: Primaten (de) m Japanese: 霊長類 (ja) (れいちょうるい, reichōrui)

References

• Primates on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Primates on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Primates on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Primates in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.
• Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, →DOI