Anthropomorpha
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
From anthropo- + -morpha; coined by Carl Linnaeus in 1735.
Proper noun edit
Anthropomorpha
- (obsolete) A taxonomic order within the class Mammalia – primates, sloths, and (originally) anteaters, now placed in the orders Primates and Pilosa.
Usage notes edit
Anteaters were removed to a separate order in 1748, and the modern order Primates was introduced in 1758, rendering this order obsolete.