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Platyrhine (New World Monkeys)
Dental Formula 2133
Nose doesn't protrude
Nostrils Face Out
Minimal Sexual Dimorphism
Catarrhines (Old World Monkeys)
Dental Formula 2123
Downward Nostrils
Protruding Nose
High Sexual Dimorphism
Callitrichidae (Platyrrhines - Ceboidea)
Small body
No prehensile tail
dental formula 2132
Insectivorus and gumnivourous
Claws instead of nails
Twin births
Cebidae (Platyrrhines - Ceboidea)
Some Prehensile Tails
Large Body Size
2133 Dental formula
All diurnal except owl monkeys
Cercopithecoidea (Catarrhines)
Narrow Nose
Long Narrow Trunk
Tails
Bilophodent Teeth
Hominoidea (Catarrhines)
Broad Nose
Short Wide Trunk
Simple No Tail
Bunodont Cusps
Lower Cusps arranged in Y5 pattern
Cercopithecinae (Catarrhines - Cercopithecoidea)
Diverse Diets more Frugivorous
Terrestial and Arboreal
Simple Stomach
Cheek Pouches
Low molar cusps, large incissors
Arms and Legs same size
Colobinae (Catarrhines - Cercopithecoidea)
Specialized Diet (Leaves)
Sacculated Stomach
Sharp Cusps, small incissors
Legs > Arms for leaping
Hylobatidae (Catarrhines - Hominoidea)
SE Asia
Monogamous
Little Sexual Dimorphism
Smallest Hominoids
Primarily Fugivorous
Defend Territories
Pongidae (Catarrhines - Hominoidea)
Great Apes
Asia Only
Diverse Social Grouping
Sexually Dimorphic
Complex Social Interactions
Prosimians
Reliance on Olfaction over Vision
Rhinarium
Nocturnal and Arboreal
Tapetum Lucidum
Small Brains
No Post Orbital Bar
Anthropoids
Reliance on Vision over Olfaction
No Rhinarium
All diurnal
No Tapetum Lucidum
Large Brains
Post Orbital Closure
Lemuriforms (Prosimans)
Lemurs
Sifaka
Aye Aye
Lorisiformes
Lorises
Galagos
Tarsiforms
Tarsiers
Cercopithceinae
Macaque
Baboon
Guenon
Colobinae
Colobus Monkey
Proboscis Monkey
Callitrichidae
Tamarin
Marmoset
Cebidae
Capuchin
Spider Monkey
Uakari
Hylobatidae
Gibbon
Siamang
Pongidae
Orangutan
Gorilla
Chimpanzee