💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Catarrhini"
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| old world monkeynoun | Any primate of the family Cercopithecidae. |
| simiannoun | Of or pertaining to apes and monkeys. |
| cercopithecinenoun | Any member of the taxonomic subfamily Cercopithecinae: various Old World baboons, monkeys and macaques. |
| macaquenoun | Any of a group of Old World monkeys of the genus Macaca. |
| cercopithecinae | a subfamily of the Old World monkeys, which comprises roughly 71 species, including the baboons, the macaques, and the vervet monkeys. |
| haplorrhinenoun | Any primate of the evolved clade (half of the order) which comprises all apes (including hominoids), monkeys and even (prosimian) tarsiers |
| saadanius | a genus of fossil primates dating to the Oligocene that is closely related to the common ancestor of the Old World monkeys and apes, collectively known as catarrhines. |
| callitrichidae | The (also called Arctopitheci or Hapalidae) a family of New World monkeys, including marmosets, tamarins, and lion tamarins. |
| hominidnoun | Any primate of the taxonomic family Hominidae, which includes all the nonhuman great apes (chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans) as well as humans. |
| new world monkeynoun | Any monkey from any of the superfamily Ceboidea: five families of primates that are found in Central America and South America: Callitrichidae, Cebidae, Aotidae, Pitheciidae, and Atelidae. |
| strepsirrhinenoun | (zoology) Any member of the clade Strepsirrhini, one of the two suborders of primates, besides haplorhines (which includes monkeys and apes). |
| titinoun | Any New World monkey of the subfamily Callicebinae, native to South America, distinguished by their long soft fur. |
| australopithecinenoun | (anthropology, paleontology) Any of several extinct hominids, belonging to the genera Australopithecus and Paranthropus in the subtribe Australopithecina when seen as distinct, and sometimes other closely related genera. |
| lutungnoun | Any of a group of Old World monkeys, making up the genus Trachypithecus, with a rather slim build and a long tail |
| prosimiannoun | A primate that is not a monkey or an ape, generally nocturnal with large eyes and ears. Such primates were formerly grouped in the suborder Prosimii, but are now considered a paraphyletic group and not a clade. |
| baboonnoun | An Old World monkey of the genus Papio, having dog-like muzzles and large canine teeth, cheek pouches, a short tail, and naked callosities on the buttocks. [from 13th c.] |
| callithrix | a genus of New World monkeys of the family Callitrichidae, the family containing marmosets and tamarins. |
| spider monkeynoun | Any New World monkey of the genus Ateles, with long, spindly limbs. |
| great apenoun | Any member of the taxonomic family Hominidae, including Homo, and also many similar extinct species. |
| squirrel monkeynoun | (zoology, primatology) Any of several small New World monkeys, of the genus Saimiri, that live in southern Central America and northern South America. |
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