Haplorhini Definition

Haplorhini: A suborder of PRIMATES consisting of six families: CEBIDAE (New World monkeys), CERCOPITHECIDAE (Old World monkeys), HYLOBATIDAE (gibbons and siamangs), PONGIDAE (great apes), TARSIIDAE (tarsiers), and HOMINIDAE (humans).

Terms Related to Haplorhini

Tarsiidae
A family of the HAPLORHINI suborder of PRIMATES, consisting of one genus, Tarsius, that inhabits southern Sumatra, Borneo, Sulawesi, and the Philippines.
Douroucouli
A subfamily of the New World monkeys, CEBIDAE, inhabiting the forests of South and Central America. The Aotinae are also referred to as night monkeys ...
Alouattinae
A subfamily of CEBIDAE inhabiting the forests of Central and South America. The genus ALOUATTA, or howler monkeys, belongs to this subfamily of New World ...
Saimirinae
A subfamily of CEBIDAE inhabiting the forests of Central and South America. This subfamily of New World monkeys consists of one genus, the SAIMIRI or ...

Synonym: anthropoids, anthropoidea, anthropoid, monkeys, monkey.