Primates

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

Smaller than a Microraptor!

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Primates are eutherian mammals that have existed from the Paleocene into today. Primates are broken down into Strepsirrhini (wet nosed primates) and Haplorhini (Dry nosed primates). Strepsirrhini includes the oldest primates--include lemurs, aye-aye, and lorises--and Haplorhini includes the primates that evolved later--Tarsiers, 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.

Primates

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