Primates

...A general term for mammals belonging to the order Primates. Primates means the lord of all things, and indicates that they are the most evolved taxonomic group in the animal kingdom. They are thought to have evolved from animals similar to the order Insectivora, and adapted to radiation through arboreal life. Primates are divided into two suborders, the Prosimii and the Anthropoidea. The former is further divided into four infraorders, the Tupaiiformes, the Tarsiiformes, the Lorisiformes, and the Lemuriformes, while the latter is divided into three superfamilies, the Ceboidea, the Cercopithecoidea, and the Hominoidea.

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…霊長目Primatesに属する哺乳類の総称。霊長は万物の霊長の意で，動物界でもっとも進化をとげた分類群であることを示している。食虫目に類似の動物から分化し，樹上生活を通じて適応放散した一群と考えられている。　霊長目は，原猿亜目Prosimiiと真猿亜目Anthropoideaの2亜目に分けられ，前者はさらにキネズミ下目Tupaiiformes，メガネザル下目Tarsiiformes，ロリス下目Lorisiformes，キツネザル下目Lemuriformesの4下目に，また後者はオマキザル上科Ceboidea，オナガザル上科Cercopithecoidea，ヒト上科Hominoideaの3上科に分けられる。…

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