Primate Higher Taxonomy (based on Groves 2001, 2005)*
Order Primates Linnaeus, 1758 |
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Suborder Strepsirrhini E. Geoffroy-Saint Hilaire, 1812 |
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Infraorder Lemuriformes Gray, 1821 |
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Superfamily Cheirogaleoidea Gray, 1873 |
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Family Cheirogaleidae Gray, 1873 |
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Superfamily Lemuroidea Gray, 1821 |
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Family Lemuridae Gray, 1821 |
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Family Lepilemuridae, Gray 187o |
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Family Indriidae Burnett, 1828 |
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Infraorder Chiromyiformes Anthony and Coupin, 1931 |
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Family Daubentoniidae Gray, 1863 |
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Infraorder Lorisiformes Gregory, 1915 |
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Family Lorisidae, Gray 1821 |
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Family Galagidae Gray 1825 |
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Suborder Haplorrhini Pocock, 1918 |
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Infraorder Tarsiiformes Gregory, 1915 |
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Family TarsiidaeGray, 1825 |
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Infraorder Simiiformes Haeckel, 1866 |
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Parvorder Platyrrhini E. Geoffroy-Saint Hilaire, 1812 |
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Family Callitrichidae Gray, 1821 |
NB. Groves has Callitrichidae as a subfamily of the Cebidae |
Family Cebidae Bonaparte, 1831 |
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Subfamily Cebinae Bonaparte, 1831 |
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Subfamily Saimiriinae Miller, 1812 |
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Family Aotidae Elliot, 1913 |
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Family Pitheciidae Mivart, 1865 |
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Subfamily Callicebinae Pocock, 1825 |
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Subfamily Pitheciinae Mivart, 1865 |
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Family Atelidae Gray, 1825 |
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Subfamily Alouattinae Gray, 1825 |
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Subfamily Atelinae Gray, 1825 |
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Parvorder Catarrhini E. Geoffroy-Saint Hilaire, 1812 |
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Superfamily Cercopithecoidea Gray, 1821 |
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Family Cercopithecidae Gray, 1821 |
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Subfamily Cercopithecinae Gray, 1821 |
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Subfamily Colobinae Jerdon, 1876 |
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Superfamily Hominoidea Gray, 1825 |
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Family Hylobatidae Gray, 1871 |
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Family Hominidae Gray, 1825 |
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*Groves, C. P. 2001. Primate Taxonomy. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC.
*Groves, C. P. 2005. Order Primates. In: Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third Edition, D. E. Wilson & D. M. Reeder (eds), pp. 111–184. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD.