Platyrrhini

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Proper noun

Platyrrhini

A taxonomic parvorder within the order Primates – the New World monkeys.

Hypernyms

(parvorder): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass; Mammalia - class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Primates - order; Haplorhini - suborder; Simiiformes - infraorder

Hyponyms

(parvorder): Callitrichidae (marmosets, tamarins), Cebidae (capuchins and squirrel monkeys), Aotidae (night monkeys, owl monkeys and douroucoulis), Pitheciidae (titis, sakis and uakaris), Atelidae (howler monkeys, spider monkeys and woolly monkeys)

References

Platyrrhini on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Platyrrhini on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Platyrrhini on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Platyrrhini in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.

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