Organisms

Platyrrhini

An infraorder of New World monkeys, comprised of the families AOTIDAE; ATELIDAE; CEBIDAE; and PITHECIIDAE. They are found exclusively in the Americas.

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Structured Summary

Abstract

An infraorder of New World monkeys, comprised of the families AOTIDAE; ATELIDAE; CEBIDAE; and PITHECIIDAE. They are found exclusively in the Americas.

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Synonyms

6 entry terms
  • Monkeys, New World
  • Monkey, New World
  • New World Monkey
  • New World Monkeys
  • World Monkey, New
  • World Monkeys, New

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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

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

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History Note

2006; for MONKEYS, NEW WORLD use CEBIDAE 1981-2005

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  1. B01w.050w.150w.900w.649w.313w.988w.400w.600w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Platyrrhini. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D051078. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D051078
  2. Platyrrhini. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_World_monkey
  3. Platyrrhini. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q237157