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Primates
Primates
Several species of modern day primates
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Linnaeus, 1758
Families

Primates are eutherian mammals that have existed from the Paleocene into today. Primates are broken down into Prosimians and Anthropoids.  Prosimians are the oldest primates--includes lemurs, aye-aye, and lorises--and Anthropoids are the primates that evolved later--Old and New World monkeys and apes.  Primates have flexible hands and feet, eyes that face forward, and large brains.  Australopithecines and hominids are included in primates.

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