A non-taxonomic, non-specific term for the smaller longer-tailed PRIMATES.
A suborder of PRIMATES consisting of six families: CEBIDAE (some New World monkeys), ATELIDAE (some New World monkeys), CERCOPITHECIDAE (Old World monkeys), HYLOBATIDAE (gibbons and siamangs), CALLITRICHINAE (marmosets and tamarins), and HOMINIDAE (humans and great apes).
Synonyms: Anthropoids, txid314293, txid376913, Monkey, Monkeys, Anthropoidea, Haplorhini
Instance information
use HAPLORHINI to search ANTHROPOIDEA 1975-91 & MONKEYS 1966-80; use PRIMATES to search ANTHROPOIDS 1966-74 ,92; was ANTHROPOIDEA 1981-91; was ANTHROPOIDS see under PRIMATES 1963-80; MONKEYS was heading 1963-80 ,note entry terms; specific terms for many Old World & New World monkeys are available
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