Shared Flashcard Set

Details

PRIMATE TAXONOMY
classifications for exam
8
Anthropology
Not Applicable
02/23/2004

Additional Anthropology Flashcards

 


 

Cards

Term
ORDER
Definition
primate
Term
SUBORDER
Definition
anthropoidea (monkeys, apes and humans)
Term
INFRAORDER
Definition
catarrhini (all old world monkeys, apes and humans)
Term
platyyrrhini
Definition
all new world (small) monkeys
Term
SUPERFAMILY
Definition
hominodea (apes and humans)
Term
caropithecoidea
Definition
all old world monkeys
Term
FAMILY
Definition
hominidae (humans and human ancestors)
Term
murquis
Definition
of the family ATELIDAE, able to use tail for locomotion; an old world monkey
Supporting users have an ad free experience!