Catarrhini

Translingual

Gorilla beringei

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek καταρρινα (katarrhina, “hook-nosed”), from καταρρέω (katarrhéō, “down-flowing”) + ῥινες (rhines, “nostrils”).

Proper noun

Catarrhini

1. A taxonomic parvorder within the order Primates – the apes, humans and Old World monkeys.

Hypernyms

• (parvorder): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Primates - order; Haplorhini - suborder; Simiiformes - infraorder

Hyponyms

• (parvorder): Cercopithecoidea (Old World monkeys), Hominoidea (apes and humans) (superfamilies)
  • †Dendropithecoidea, †Pliopithecoidea, †Proconsuloidea, †Propliopithecoidea, †Saadanioidea (extinct superfamilies)
  • †Kalepithecus, †Kamoyapithecus, †Kogolepithecus, †Limnopithecus, †Otavipithecus (extinct genera, incertae sedis)

References

• Catarrhini on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Catarrhini on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Catarrhini on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Catarrhini at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Catarrhini at the Tree of Life Web Project
• Catarrhini at Paleobiology Database