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Catarrhini
Catarrhini
Translingual
Proper noun
Catarrhini
- A taxonomic parvorder within the infraorder Simiiformes – the apes, humans and Old World monkeys.
Hyponyms
- Cercopithecoidea (Old World monkeys), Hominoidea (apes and humans) (superfamilies)
- †Dendropithecoidea, †Pliopithecoidea, †Proconsuloidea, †Propliopithecoidea, †Saadanioidea (extinct superfamilies)
- †Kalepithecus, †Kamoyapithecus, †Kogolepithecus, †Limnopithecus, †Otavipithecus (extinct genera, incertae sedis)