Dichotomous Key/Primates
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| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Subphylum | Vertebrata |
| Class | Mammalia |
| Subclass | Placentalia |
| Order | Primates |
| Parent key: Mammalia |
| Subclasses |
|---|
| Marsupialia - Monotremata - Placentalia |
| Key: Mammalia |
| Orders |
| Afrosoricida - Artiodactyla - Carnivora - Cetacea - Chiroptera - Dermoptera - Insectivora - Lagomorpha - Macroselidae - Marsupialia - Monotremata - Perissodactyla - Pholidota - Primates - Proboscidea - Rodentia - Scandentia - Sirenia - Xenarthra |
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[edit] 2: Strepsirrhini
[edit] 3: Haplorrhini
- Tarsus
- Elongated - Tarsiiformes
- Not elongated - 4
[edit] 4: Simiiformes
[edit] 5: Catarrhini
- Number of cusps on molars
- Four - Cercopithecoidea
- Five - Hominoidea
[edit] 6: Platyrrhini
- External ears
- Very small - Nyctipithecidae
- Other - Could be Pitheciidae, Atelidae or Cebidae
