New World monkey
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{{Taxobox
| color = pink
| name = New World monkeys
| image = Malpy szerokonose s.png
| image_width = 225px
| regnum = Animalia
| phylum = Chordata
| classis = Mammalia
| ordo = Primates
| subordo = Haplorrhini
| infraordo = Simiiformes
| parvordo = Platyrrhini
| parvordo_authority = E. Geoffroy, 1812
| subdivision_ranks = Families
| subdivision =
Cebidae
Aotidae
Pitheciidae
Atelidae
}}
The New World monkeys are the four families of primates that are found in Central and South America: the Cebidae, Aotidae, Pitheciidae and Atelidae. The four families are ranked together as the Platyrrhini parvorder. All families differ from the Old World monkeys and apes in having long, often prehensile tails. The name means "flat nosed", and this is how they are distinguished from Old World monkeys. Platyrrhine noses are flatter, with side facing nostrils, compared to the narrow noses and downward facing nostrils of Old World Monkeys. Many are small, arboreal and nocturnal, so our knowledge of them is less comprehensive than that of the more easily observed Old World monkeys. Unlike most Old World monkeys, many New World monkeys form monogamous pair bonds, and show substantial paternal care of young.
Classification
- ORDER PRIMATES
- Suborder Strepsirrhini: lemurs, lorises, etc.
- Suborder Haplorrhini: tarsiers, monkeys and apes
- Infraorder Tarsiiformes
- Family Tarsiidae: tarsiers
- Infraorder Simiiformes
- Parvorder Platyrrhini: New World monkeys
- Family Cebidae: marmosets, tamarins, capuchins and squirrel monkeys
- Family Aotidae: night monkeys, owl monkeys, douroucoulis
- Family Pitheciidae: titis, sakis and uakaris
- Family Atelidae: howler, spider and woolly monkeys
- Parvorder Catarrhini: Old World monkeys, apes and humans
- Parvorder Platyrrhini: New World monkeys
- Infraorder Tarsiiformes
References
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