the order of animals

all mammals except monotremes and marsupials

any placental mammal of the order Primates; has good eyesight and flexible hands and feet

monkeys; apes; hominids

not used in all classifications; in some classifications considered coextensive with the Lemuroidea; in others includes both Lemuroidea and Tarsioidea

extinct small mostly diurnal lower primates that fed on leaves and fruit; abundant in North America and Europe 30 to 50 million years ago; their descendents probably include the lemurs; some authorities consider them ancestral to anthropoids but others consider them only cousins

all mammals except monotremes and marsupials

any placental mammal of the order Primates; has good eyesight and flexible hands and feet

monkeys; apes; hominids

not used in all classifications; in some classifications considered coextensive with the Lemuroidea; in others includes both Lemuroidea and Tarsioidea

extinct small mostly diurnal lower primates that fed on leaves and fruit; abundant in North America and Europe 30 to 50 million years ago; their descendents probably include the lemurs; some authorities consider them ancestral to anthropoids but others consider them only cousins