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primate

Order of mammals (scientific name: Primates)

Species / taxontaxonQ7380

Also known as the primate order · primates

Scientific name: Primates
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1.Stated in Integrated Taxonomic Information SystemRetrieved 2013-09-19
2.Stated in Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758
3.Stated in Mammal Species of the World (Third edition)Retrieved 2015-09-18
4.Stated in A Guide to the Mammals of China
5.Stated in Systema Naturae. 10th edition, Volume 1
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Rank: order
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1.Stated in Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758
2.Stated in Mammal Species of the World (Third edition)Retrieved 2015-09-18
3.Stated in Integrated Taxonomic Information SystemRetrieved 2013-09-19
4.Stated in A Guide to the Mammals of China
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Parent taxon: Primatomorpha
, Placentalia
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1.Stated in Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758
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, mammal
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1.Stated in Mammal Species of the World (Third edition)Retrieved 2015-09-18
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Primates is an order of mammals, which is further divided into the strepsirrhines, which include lemurs, galagos, and lorisids; and the haplorhines, which include tarsiers and simians. Primates arose 74–63 million years ago first from small terrestrial mammals, which adapted for life in tropical forests: many primate characteristics represent adaptations to the challenging environment among tree tops, including large brain sizes, binocular vision, color vision, vocalizations, shoulder girdles allowing a large degree of movement in the upper limbs, and opposable thumbs that enable better grasping and dexterity. Primates range in size from Madame Berthe's mouse lemur, which weighs 30 g (1 oz), to the eastern gorilla, weighing over 200 kg (440 lb). There are 376–524 species of living primates, depending on which classification is used. New primate species continue to be discovered: over 25 species were described in the 2000s, 36 in the 2010s, and six in the 2020s.

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MCN code: 0106.11.00
Started: 55000th millennium BCE applies to part: Plesiadapis
79600th millennium BCE
CITES Appendix: Appendix II of CITES does not have part: Coiba Island howler, Mantled howler
Has list: list of primates
Studied by: primatology
palaeoprimatology
Taxon common name: primater
primater
primate
Subclass of: mammal
Temporal range start: Paleocene

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