Organisms

Haplorhini

A suborder of PRIMATES consisting of six families: CEBIDAE (some New World monkeys), ATELIDAE (some New World monkeys), CERCOPITHECIDAE (Old World monkeys), HYLOBATIDAE (gibbons and siamangs), CALLITRICHINAE (marmosets and tamarins), and HOMINIDAE (humans and great apes).

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Abstract

A suborder of PRIMATES consisting of six families: CEBIDAE (some New World monkeys), ATELIDAE (some New World monkeys), CERCOPITHECIDAE (Old World monkeys), HYLOBATIDAE (gibbons and siamangs), CALLITRICHINAE (marmosets and tamarins), and HOMINIDAE (humans and great apes).

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Synonyms

4 entry terms
  • Anthropoidea
  • Anthropoids
  • Monkeys
  • Monkey

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Aspects Covered

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

note entry terms; specific terms for many Old World & New World monkeys are available

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History Note

92; was ANTHROPOIDEA 1981-91; was ANTHROPOIDS see under PRIMATES 1963-80; MONKEYS was heading 1963-80

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  1. B01w.050w.150w.900w.649w.313w.988w.400w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Haplorhini. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000882. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000882
  2. Haplorhini. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haplorhini
  3. Haplorhini. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82261