CLASSIFICATION
CHARACTERISTICS OF PRIMATES
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Strepsirrhine primates
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Asian Apes
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African Apes
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Old World Monkeys
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New World Monkeys
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Detailed explanation-1: -The lower primates or strepsirhines (suborder Strepsirhini) include lemurs, bush babies, lorises; the higher primates or haplorhines (suborder Haplorhini) include the tarsiers, Old and New World monkeys, apes and humans. Strepsirhines have moist noses; haplorhines have simple, dry noses.
Detailed explanation-2: -Unauthorized use is prohibited. Today, the primates’ closest living relatives are the flying lemurs, or colugos, of Southeast Asia.
Detailed explanation-3: -Strepsirrhini or Strepsirhini (/ˌstrɛpsəˈraɪni/ ( listen); STREP-sə-RY-nee) is a suborder of primates that includes the lemuriform primates, which consist of the lemurs of Madagascar, galagos ("bushbabies") and pottos from Africa, and the lorises from India and southeast Asia.
Detailed explanation-4: -Like some Strepsirhines, tarsiers have toilet claws and 36 teeth. They are also nocturnal or crepuscular and have huge eyes (just one of their eyes weighs as much as its brain!).