what is an old world primate
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Old World Monkeys Old World Monkeys. Old World Monkeys are a group of primates which belong to the super family Cercopithecoidea. Old World monkeys are unlike apes in that most have tails (the family name means ‘tailed ape’), and unlike the New World monkeys their tails are never prehensile. Some species of Old World monkeys inhabit tropical rainforests, while others live on arid grasslands and even mountainous areas with heavy winter snows.
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- By the time of the transition to the Oligocene Epoch, monkeys had begun to evolve from prosimians and became the dominant primates. Many of the prosimian species became extinct probably as a consequence. By the early Miocene Epoch, apes had evolved from monkeys and displaced them from many environments.
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Order Primates Order Primates (primates) The Primates are an ancient and diverse eutherian group, with around 233 living species placed in 13 families. Most dwell in tropical forests. The smallest living primate is the pygmy mouse lemur, which weighs around 30 g. The largest is the gorilla, weighing up to around 175 kg.
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Primates: Definition, Evolution & Characteristics Definition. Primates is the name of the order of mammals to which we happen to belong. The name means 'first' or 'most important' and was given to the order by Carolus Linnaeus. While naming it that way was a matter of human ego, we can't help but feel a certain fascination with the group to which we belong.he most primitive living primates are called prosimians. They are primitive in the sense that they retain characteristics of the very first primates from millions of years ago. Prosimians include lemurs, lorises, galagos and tarsiers.
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- The primate lineage is thought to go back at least 65 million years ago , even though the oldest known primates from the fossil record date to the Late Paleocene of Africa (Altiatlasius) or the Paleocene-Eocene transition in the northern continents, c. 55 mya (Cantius, Donrussellia, Altanius, and Teilhardina).
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Top Ten Best Animals Monkeys are haplorhine (dry-nosed) primates, a paraphyletic group generally possessing tails and consisting of approximately 260 known living species. Many monkey species are tree-dwelling (arboreal), although there are species that live primarily on the ground, such as baboons.Most species are also active during the day (diurnal). Monkeys are generally considered to be intelligent, particularly Old World monkeys.onkeys are haplorhine (dry-nosed) primates, a paraphyletic group generally possessing tails and consisting of approximately 260 known living species. Many monkey species are tree-dwelling (arboreal), although there are species that live primarily on the ground, such as baboons.
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primate n. 1. (prī′māt′) Any of various mammals of the order Primates, which consists of the lemurs, lorises, tarsiers, New World monkeys, Old World monkeys, and apes including humans, and is characterized by nails on the hands and feet, a short snout, and a large brain. 2. A bishop of highest rank in a province or country.
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EXTINCTION OF THE DINOSAURS Primate-like Mammals. The first primate-like mammals, or proto-primates, evolved in the early Paleocene Epoch (65.5-55.8 million years ago) at the beginning of the Cenozoic Era. They were roughly similar to squirrels and tree shrews in size and appearance.
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Primate Evolution Primate Evolution. This week we will shift our focus from the present to the past. We’re going to see how primates evolved from a primitive mammal form to the ape or hominoid forms that are ancestral to our lineage. This is going to cover a huge time span--about 65 million years ago (mya) to about 6 mya. Primate evolution will lead to our next major area which is human evolution.
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More Animals & Plants from San Diego Zoo and San Diego Zoo Safari Park Rump pads: Some Old World monkeys, such as drills, have sitting pads on their rumps, but New World monkeys do not. Tails: Some New World monkeys, such as spider monkeys, have prehensile tails, but Old World monkeys do not. And one Old World monkey species, the Barbary macaque, has no tail at all! Most monkey species live in the tropical rain forests of Asia, Africa, and Central and South America, or the savannas of Africa.
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- noun. 1  Any of various mammals of the order Primates, which consists of the lemurs, lorises, tarsiers, New World monkeys, Old World monkeys, and apes including humans, and is characterized by nails on the hands and feet, a short snout, and a large brain. 2  A bishop of highest rank in a province or country.
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- Monkeys are generally considered to be intelligent, particularly Old World monkeys. There are two major types of monkey: New World monkeys (platyrrhines) from South and Central America and Old World monkeys (catarrhines of the superfamily Cercopithecoidea) from Africa and Asia.
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Primate The common ancestor of humans, monkeys and apes may have originated in Asia. (PhysOrg.com) -- The discovery of a new primate fossil in Myanmar (formerly Burma) lends weight to the hypothesis that the common ancestor of humans, monkeys and apes (anthropoid primates) originated in Asia, and not in Africa....he common ancestor of humans, monkeys and apes may have originated in Asia. (PhysOrg.com) -- The discovery of a new primate fossil in Myanmar (formerly Burma) lends weight to the hypothesis that the common ancestor of humans, monkeys and apes (anthropoid primates) originated in Asia, and not in Africa.
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- The actual relationship between the simians (i.e. the monkeys and apes, including us humans) turns out to be rather surprising: Modern-day ‘monkeys’ comprise two distinct groups: the Old World monkeys (living in Africa, Asia and Gibraltar), and the New World monkeys (living in Central and South America).
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- Mammal. Also known as muriqui, the woolly spider monkey is the largest primate in the Americas as well as one of the most endangered in the world. With a prehensile (grasping) tail and long fingers that they hook over branches, they swing acrobatically through the forest canopy.lso known as muriqui, the woolly spider monkey is the largest primate in the Americas as well as one of the most endangered in the world.
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- Mammal. Also known as muriqui, the woolly spider monkey is the largest primate in the Americas as well as one of the most endangered in the world. With a prehensile (grasping) tail and long fingers that they hook over branches, they swing acrobatically through the forest canopy.
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Tiny, insect-eating animal becomes earliest known primate A tiny, insect-eating animal with slender limbs, a long tail and weighing in at no more than 30 grams, has become the earliest known primate in the fossil record. Archicebus achilles lived on a humid, tropical lake shore 55m years ago in what is now China and is the ancestor of all modern tarsiers, monkeys, apes and humans.
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- Definition of PRIMATE for Kids. : any of a group of mammals that includes humans together with the apes and monkeys and a few related forms.efinition of PRIMATE for Kids. : any of a group of mammals that includes humans together with the apes and monkeys and a few related forms.
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- Apes (Hominoidea) are a branch of Old World tailless anthropoid primates native to Africa and Southeast Asia. They are the sister group of Old World monkeys, together forming the catarrhine clade.
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Gorilla Gorilla The gorilla is a heavily built primate and is the largest of the living apes. Western and eastern gorillas are more genetically distant from one another than are chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and bonobos (Pan paniscus). Western gorillas live in lowland, swamp, and montane forests from sea level to 1600 m.
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Tiny, insect-eating animal becomes earliest known primate Tiny, insect-eating animal becomes earliest known primate. Archicebus achilles lived 55m years ago in what is now China and is the ancestor of all monkeys, apes and humans.
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Kloss's gibbon  [show article only]hover over links in text for more info A primate is a mammal of the order Primates. In taxonomy, primates include two distinct lineages, strepsirrhines and haplorhines. Primates arose from ancestors that lived in the trees of tropical forests; many primate characteristics represent adaptations to life in this challenging three-dimensional environment. Most primate species remain at least partly arboreal. With the exception of humans, who inhabit every continent, most primates live in tropical or subtropical regions of the Americas, A
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Yellow-tailed woolly monkey The yellow-tailed woolly monkey (Oreonax flavicauda) is a New World monkey endemic to Peru. It is a rare primate species found only in the Peruvian Andes, in the departments of Amazonas and San Martin, as well as bordering areas of La Libertad, Huánuco, and Loreto.
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- Old World monkeys and Hominoidea emerged within the catarrhine monkeys some 25 millions years ago. Extinct basal simians such as Aegyptopithecus or Parapithecus [35-32 million years ago] are also considered monkeys by primatologists.
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- The first true primates evolved by 55 million years ago or a bit earlier, near the beginning of the Eocene Epoch. Their fossils have been found in North America, Europe, and Asia. They looked different from the primates today.he first true primates evolved by 55 million years ago or a bit earlier, near the beginning of the Eocene Epoch. Their fossils have been found in North America, Europe, and Asia. They looked different from the primates today.
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- The Catarrhini contains the Old World monkeys and the apes; the latter of which are in turn further divided into the lesser apes or gibbons and the great apes, consisting of the orangutans, gorillas, chimpanzees, and humans. The Catarrhine are all native to Africa and Asia.