Catarrhini

An infraorder of PRIMATES comprised of the families CERCOPITHECIDAE (old world monkeys); HYLOBATIDAE (siamangs and GIBBONS); and HOMINIDAE (great apes and HUMANS). With the exception of humans, they all live exclusively in Africa and Asia.

Year introduced: 2006

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Tree Number(s): B01.050.150.900.649.313.988.400.112

MeSH Unique ID: D051079

Registry Number: txid9526

Previous Indexing:

• Cercopithecidae (1980-2005)

All MeSH Categories
Organisms Category
Eukaryota
Animals
Chordata
Vertebrates
Mammals
Eutheria
Primates
Haplorhini
Catarrhini
Cercopithecidae
Cercopithecinae +
Colobinae +
Hominidae
Gorilla gorilla
Humans
Neanderthals
Pan paniscus
Pan troglodytes
Pongo +
Hylobatidae
Hylobates