Platyrrhini

Translingual

Etymology

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Proper noun

Platyrrhini

1. A taxonomic parvorder within the order Primates – 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
• Category:Platyrrhini on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Platyrrhini in Mammal Species of the World^[1] at Bucknell.