Primates | |
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Pileated gibbon (Hylobates pileatus) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom Information | |
Kingdom | Animalia |
Phylum Information | |
Phylum | Chordata |
Class Information | |
Class | Mammalia |
Infra-class | Eutheria |
Order Information | |
Superorder | Euarchontoglires |
Order | Primates |
Population statistics |
Primates is an order of mammals which share ape-like characteristics. Several hundred species belong to the order.
They are often put into two large groups: the suborder Strepsirrhini, which include lemurs, tarsiers, and lorises; and the suborder Haplorrhini, which include the small tarsiers; the New World monkeys (spider and howler monkeys); Old World monkeys (languars and baboons); and the Apes, which, as formulated by most biologists and anthropologists, include the lesser apes (gibbons) and greater apes (gorillas, chimpanzees, and orangutans).
Scientists who believe in evolution also claim that it includes humans, placing us with the family that includes the great apes, a theory rejected by creationists.
Categories: [Primates]