New World Monkey - Classification

Classification

The following is the listing of the various platyrrhine families, and their placement in the Order Primates:

• ORDER PRIMATES
  • Suborder Strepsirrhini: lemurs, lorises, etc.
  • Suborder Haplorrhini: tarsiers, monkeys and apes
    • Infraorder Tarsiiformes
      • Family Tarsiidae: tarsiers
    • Infraorder Simiiformes
      • Parvorder Platyrrhini: New World monkeys
        • Family Callitrichidae: marmosets and tamarins
        • Family Cebidae: capuchins and squirrel monkeys
        • Family Aotidae: night or owl monkeys (douroucoulis)
        • Family Pitheciidae: titis, sakis and uakaris
        • Family Atelidae: howler, spider, woolly spider and woolly monkeys
      • Parvorder Catarrhini: Old World monkeys, apes and humans