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The simians ( infraorder Simiiformes) are primates very common to most people: the monkeys and the apeHylobatidae Hominidae Apes are the members of the Hominoidea superfamily of primates, including humans. There are two families of hominoids the family Hylobatidae consists of 12 species of gibbons, including the Lar and the Siamang, collectively known ass, including humanHuman beings are defined variously in biological, spiritual, and cultural terms, or in combinations thereof. Biologically, they are classified as Homo sapiens ( Latin for knowing man , a primate species of mammal with a highly developed brain. In spirituas. This clade is divided into the Platyrrhini (the New World monkeys) and the CatarrhiniCercopithecidae Hylobatidae Hominidae Catarrhini is the unranked group of the Primates, one of the three major divisions of the suborder Haplorhini. It contains the family Cercopithecidae ( Old World monkeys), the gibbons or lesser apes ( Hylobatidae) and (the Old World monkeys, apeHylobatidae Hominidae Apes are the members of the Hominoidea superfamily of primates, including humans. There are two families of hominoids the family Hylobatidae consists of 12 species of gibbons, including the Lar and the Siamang, collectively known ass, and humans).

Classification

• ORDER PRIMATES
  • Suborder Strepsirrhini: non-tarsier prosimians
  • Suborder Haplorrhini: tarsiers, monkeys and apes
    • Infraorder Tarsiiformes
    • Infraorder Simiiformes
      • Platyrrhini: New World monkeys
        • Family Cebidae: marmosets, tamarins, capuchins and squirrel monkeys
        • Family Nyctipithecidae: night monkeys, owl monkeys, douroucoulis
        • Family Pitheciidae: titis, sakis and uakaris
        • Family Atelidae: howler, spider and woolly monkeys
      • Catarrhini
        • Superfamily Cercopithecoidea
          • Family Cercopithecidae: Old World monkeys
        • Superfamily Hominoidea
          • Family Hylobatidae: gibbons
          • Family Hominidae: great apes and humans