Primates

See also: primates and primâtes

Translingual

Leontopithecus rosalia

Etymology

From Latin plural of prīmās (“one of the first, chief, excellent, noble”).

Proper noun

Primates

1. A taxonomic order within the class Mammalia – primates: apes, monkeys, lemurs, lorisids, galagos, and tarsiers.

Hypernyms

• (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass

Hyponyms

• (order): Strepsirrhini (with wet noses), Haplorrhini (with dry noses) - suborders
  • Aotidae, Atelidae, Cebidae, Cercopithecidae, Cheirogaleidae, Daubentoniidae, Galagidae, Hominidae, Hylobatidae, Indridae, Lemuridae, Lepilemuridae, Lorisidae, Pitheciidae, Tarsiidae - families

Translations

taxonomic order, within superorder Euarchontoglires - the primates

• German: Primaten (de) m
• Japanese: 霊長類 (ja) (れいちょうるい, reichōrui)

References

• Primates on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Primates on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Category:Primates on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Primates in Mammal Species of the World^[1] at Bucknell.
• Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, →DOI