Primates

See also: primates and primâtes

Translingual

Leontopithecus rosalia

Etymology

From Latin plural of prīmās (“one of the first, chief, excellent, noble”).

Proper noun

Primates

A taxonomic order within the class Mammalia – primates, including apes and monkeys.

Hypernyms

(order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass

Hyponyms

(order): Strepsirrhini (with wet noses), Haplorrhini (with dry noses) - suborders
- Aotidae, Atelidae, Cebidae, Cercopithecidae, Cheirogaleidae, Daubentoniidae, Galagidae, Hominidae, Hylobatidae, Indridae, Lemuridae, Lepilemuridae, Lorisidae, Pitheciidae, Tarsiidae - families

Translations

taxonomic order, within superorder Euarchontoglires - the primates

German: Primaten (de) m
Japanese: 霊長類 (ja) (れいちょうるい, reichōrui)

References

Primates on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Primates on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Category:Primates on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Primates in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.
Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248

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