Haplorhini

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Haplorhini is a primate suborder that includes tarsiers, monkeys, apes, and humans, characterized by dry noses and generally larger brains relative to body size.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Haplorhini canonical 18
Haplorrhini 3
Simiiformes 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf primate suborder
characterizedBy dry nose
fused upper lip
hemochorial placenta
increased reliance on vision
larger body size on average than strepsirrhines
larger brain relative to body size
no rhinarium
postorbital closure
reduced reliance on olfaction
containsClade Catarrhini
Cercopithecoidea
Hominoidea
New World monkeys
surface form: Platyrrhini
contrastsWith Strepsirrhini
distinguishedFrom Strepsirrhini by absence of toothcomb
Strepsirrhini by lack of grooming claw on most digits
divergedFrom Strepsirrhini
divergenceEra Paleocene or early Eocene
geographicDistribution Africa
Asia
Central America
South America
some islands of Southeast Asia
hasBinomialNomenclatureAuthority Pocock
hasExtantSpecies yes
hasLivingRepresentative Homo sapiens
Macaca mulatta
Pan troglodytes
Philippine tarsier
surface form: Tarsius tarsier
higherClade Animalia
Chordata
Deuterostomia
Euarchontoglires
Eutheria
Mammalia
Vertebrata
includesCommonName apes
humans
monkeys
tarsiers
includesTaxon Simiiformes
Tarsiiformes
isMonophyletic yes
parentTaxon Primates
taxonRank suborder
typicalActivityPattern diurnal in many species

Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pan suborder Haplorhini
Hominidae suborder Haplorhini
Hominidae infraorder Haplorhini
this entity surface form: Simiiformes
Homo sapiens suborder Haplorhini
Homo sapiens infraorder Haplorhini
this entity surface form: Simiiformes
Primates includesTaxon Haplorhini
Hominoidea belongsToClade Haplorhini
this entity surface form: Haplorrhini
Pongo suborder Haplorhini
Ponginae suborder Haplorhini
Hylobatidae suborder Haplorhini
Catarrhini belongsToClade Haplorhini
this entity surface form: Haplorrhini
Homo suborder Haplorhini
Homininae suborder Haplorhini
Tarsiiformes suborder Haplorhini
this entity surface form: Haplorrhini
Cercopithecidae suborder Haplorhini
Callitrichidae suborder Haplorhini
Cebidae suborder Haplorhini
Strepsirrhini contrastedWith Haplorhini
Hanuman langur suborder Haplorhini
New World monkeys suborder Haplorhini
Colobinae suborder Haplorhini
Nasalis suborder Haplorhini