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Primates
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Guide Notes: | GEN or unspecified; prefer specific family, subfamily or genus; IM; qualif permitted; only human primate is HOMINIDAE |
Haplorhini - A suborder of PRIMATES consisting of six families: CEBIDAE (New World monkeys), CERCOPITHECIDAE (Old World monkeys), HYLOBATIDAE (gibbons and siamangs), PONGIDAE (great apes), TARSIIDAE (tarsiers), and HOMINIDAE (humans). | |
Strepsirhini - A suborder of PRIMATES consisting of the following five families: CHEIROGALEIDAE; Daubentoniidae; Indriidae; LEMURIDAE; and LORISIDAE. |
Primates Medical Definitions and Terms
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