CLASSIFICATION
CHARACTERISTICS OF PRIMATES
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Question
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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: -Hominidae includes the great apes-that is, the orangutans (genus Pongo), the gorillas (Gorilla), and the chimpanzees and bonobos (Pan)-as well as human beings (Homo).
Detailed explanation-2: -A group of apes is called a tribe or a shrewdness. All apes are very social.
Detailed explanation-3: -They are divided into the strepsirrhines, which include the lemurs, galagos, and lorisids, and the haplorhines, which include the tarsiers and the simians (monkeys, including apes and humans).
Detailed explanation-4: -Chimpanzees live in large groups of 30 to up to 150 individuals called “communities".
Detailed explanation-5: -primate, in zoology, any mammal of the group that includes the lemurs, lorises, tarsiers, monkeys, apes, and humans.