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PRIMATES 



1. Classification 



Order 8. Primates 

 Suborder I. Prosimii. Palaeocene-Recent 

 Infraorder i. Lemuriformes. Palaeocene-Recent 



*Family i. Plesiadapidae. Palaeocene-Eocene. Europe, N. 

 America 

 *Plesiadapis, Palaeocene 

 *Family 2. Adapidae. Eocene. Europe, N. America 



*Notharctus ; *Adapis 

 Family 3. Lemuridae. Pleistocene-Recent. Madagascar 



*Megaladapis, Pleistocene; Lemur, common lemur 

 Family 4. Indridae. Pleistocene-Recent. Madagascar 



Ifidri, indris 

 Family 5. Daubentoniidae. Recent. Madagascar 

 Daubefitonia (= Cheiromys), aye-aye 

 Infraorder 2. Lorisiformes. Pliocene-Recent. Asia and Africa 

 Family. Lorisidae. 



Loris, slender loris, India; Galago, bush baby, Africa; 

 Perodicticus, potto, Africa 

 Infraorder 3. Tarsiiformes. Palaeocene-Recent. Holarctic, Asia 

 *Family 1. Anaptomorphidae. Palaeocene-Oligocene 



*Necrole?nur, Eocene, Europe; *Pseudoloris, Eocene, Europe 

 Family 2. Tarsiidae. Recent. E. Indies 

 Tarsius, tarsier 

 Suborder 2. Anthropoidea. Oligocene-Recent 

 Superfamily 1. Ceboidea. New World monkeys. Miocene- 

 Recent. S. America 

 Family 1. Callithricidae. Recent 



Callithrix (= Hapale), marmoset 

 Family 2. Cebidae. Miocene-Recent 



*Ho?nu?icuhis, Miocene; Cebus, capuchin; Ateles, spider 

 monkey; Alouatta, howler monkey 

 Superfamily 2. Cercopithecoidea. Oligocene-Recent 

 *Family 1. Parapithecidae. Oligocene. Africa 

 *Parapiihecus 



