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What are the major groups of primates and what order or suborder do they belong to?
1) Strepsirrhini
2) Platyrhini → HAPLORRHINI
3) Cercopithecoidea → CATARRHINI
4) Hominoidea → CATARRHINI

Tarsiiformes???
What is the difference between prosimians/Strepsirrhini and anthropoids/Haplorrhini?
PROSIMIANS/Strep...
- WET noses
- Smaller than anthropoids
- Grooming claw
- Tooth comb

ANTRHOPOIDS/Hap...
- DRY noses
- Nails
What is the difference between Catarrhini and Platyrrhini?
Catarrhini are OWM and APES. They have HOOKED noses with nostrils that are closer together and point down.

Platyrrhine are NWM. They have FLAT noses with nostrils that are farther apart and point outward.
Teeth and diet:

- Folivorous
- Frugivorous
- Folivorous: small incisors & large molars
- Frugivorous: large incisors & flat molars
STREPSIRRHINI traits:

- Who?
- Distribution
- Traits
- Lemurs, lorises, galagos
- Africa, Asia, Madagascar

Traits:
- WET NOSE and snout
- Nocturnality and cathemerality
- Tooth comb
- Retention of claw
PLATYRHINI traits

- Who?
- Traits
N.W.M: Tamarins, marmosets, howlers…

Traits:
- Prehensile tails
- Arboreal quadrupeds
- FLAT NOSE, NOSTRILS FURTHER APART AND FACING OUTWARD
CERCOPITHECOIDEA traits

- Who?
- Distribution
- Traits
- O.W.M: Macaca
- Restricted to Old World (Africa & Asia)

Traits:
- Larger bodied
- Non-prehensile tails
- Sexual dimorphism
What kind of primate is this?

Which group of primates does it belong to?
Vervet monkey
(Cercopithecus aethiops)

Cercopithecoidea
HOMINOIDEA traits

- Who?
- Distribution
- Traits
- Apes and human
- Non-human apes restricted to Africa & Asia

Traits:
- Largest of all primates
- No tails
- Y-shaped molars
TARSIFORMES traits

- Distribution
- Mixture?
- Classification based on...?
- Traits
- Southeast Asia
- Mixture of characteristics of both prosimians and monkeys (haplorrhini and strepsirrhini)
- Classification based on rhinarium (moist or dry nose)

Traits:
- Small and nocturnal
- Insectivorous and feed on small vertebrates
- Big eyes
- Grooming claw (prosimian)
- Dry nose (haplorrhini)