Primates

New World monkeys are classified as

Platyrrhini
3 feature for New World mokeys
- Small body size
- 3 premolar teeth
- Arboreality
nonhuman primates of the suborder haplorhini include
- tarsier
- new world monkey
- old world monkey
- ape
- hominids
what kind of nose do new world monkeys have

flat nose
what kind of noses do old world monkeys have

downward-facing nostrils
prehensile tail adapted for what

to grasping branches for support while feeding
catarrhini included what
- old world monkeys
- apes
- humans
what is ischial callosities

thickened calluses on the butt of old world monkeys

Author

cosmicmo

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Primates

Description

review of primates

Updated

2010-09-15T02:10:42Z

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