Organisms

Cebidae

A family of New World monkeys in the infraorder PLATYRRHINI, consisting of nine subfamilies: ALOUATTINAE; AOTINAE; Atelinae; Callicebinae; CALLIMICONINAE; CALLITRICHINAE; CEBINAE; Pithecinae; and SAIMIRINAE. They inhabit the forests of South and Central America, comprising the largest family of South American monkeys.

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Abstract

A family of New World monkeys in the infraorder PLATYRRHINI, consisting of nine subfamilies: ALOUATTINAE; AOTINAE; Atelinae; Callicebinae; CALLIMICONINAE; CALLITRICHINAE; CEBINAE; Pithecinae; and SAIMIRINAE. They inhabit the forests of South and Central America, comprising the largest family of South American monkeys.

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2 entry terms
  • Platyrrhina
  • Platyrrhinas

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18 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings abnormalities, anatomy & histology, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, classification, embryology, genetics, growth & development, immunology, injuries, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, physiology, psychology, surgery, urine, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

index NIM with no qualifiers when an experimental animal; diseases: coordinate IM with MONKEY DISEASES (IM)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Cebidae. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D002427. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D002427
  2. Cebidae. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cebidae
  3. Cebidae. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q425707