Monkey - Classification

Classification

Phylogeny of living (extant) primates
Primates
Haplorhini
Simiiformes
Catarrhini

Hominoidea


Cercopithecoidea




Platyrrhini




Tarsiiformes



Strepsirrhini


monkeys
Monkeys (in green brackets) are not a monophyletic group, since they exclude hominoids.

The following list shows where the various monkey families (bolded) are placed in the classification of living (extant) primates.

  • ORDER PRIMATES
    • Suborder Strepsirrhini: non-tarsier prosimians
    • Suborder Haplorhini: tarsiers, monkeys, and apes
      • Infraorder Tarsiiformes
        • Family Tarsiidae: tarsiers
      • Infraorder Simiiformes: simians
        • Parvorder Platyrrhini: New World monkeys
          • Family Callitrichidae: marmosets and tamarins (42 species)
          • Family Cebidae: capuchins and squirrel monkeys (14 species)
          • Family Aotidae: night monkeys (11 species)
          • Family Pitheciidae: titis, sakis, and uakaris (41 species)
          • Family Atelidae: howler, spider, and woolly monkeys (24 species)
        • Parvorder Catarrhini
          • Superfamily Cercopithecoidea
            • Family Cercopithecidae: Old World monkeys (135 species)
          • Superfamily Hominoidea: apes
            • Family Hylobatidae: gibbons ("lesser apes") (15 species)
            • Family Hominidae: great apes including humans (7 species)

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