Arch 270

  1. Ceboidea
    • -superfamily
    • -infraorder platyrrhines(new world anthropoids)
    • -flat nose with wide spaced nostrils
    • -almost exclusively arboreal
    • -many have prehensile tails
    • -DF of 2133/2133 or 2132/2132
  2. Cebidae
    • -family of ceboidea 
    • -capuchins, squirrel monkeys
    • -capuchins have prehensile tail
    • -DF 2133/2133
    • -marmosets and tamarins
    • -more ancestral traits (claws instead of nails)
    • -usually have twins 
    • -DF 2132/2132
  3. Aotidae or Nyctipithecidae
    • -family of ceboidea 
    • -owl monkeys 
    • -no color vision
    • -nocturnal 
    • -no prehensile tail
    • -DF 2133/2133
  4. Pithecidae
    • -family of ceboidea 
    • -tits, sakis, uakaris 
    • -no prehensile tail
    • -DF 2133/2133
  5. Atelidae
    • -family of ceboidea
    • -howler, spider and woolly monkeys
    • -have prehensile tail
    • -DF 2133/2133
Author
jaz584
ID
240471
Card Set
Arch 270
Description
Ceboidea
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