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Hominoidea humans (genus Homo) chimpanzees (genus Pan) gorillas (genus Gorilla) orangutans (genus Pongo) gibbons (family Hylobatidae)

apes

The "apes" are traditionally divided further into the "lesser apes" and the "great apes":

Hominoidea humans (genus Homo) chimpanzees (genus Pan) gorillas (genus Gorilla) orangutans (genus Pongo) gibbons (family Hylobatidae)

great apes lesser apes

Classification

Phylogeny of living (extant) primates

Primates   Haplorhini   Simiiformes   Catarrhini  Hominoidea Cercopithecoidea Platyrrhini Tarsiiformes Strepsirrhini monkeys

Monkeys (in green brackets) are not a monophyletic group, since they exclude hominoids.

Common Squirrel Monkey

Crab-eating Macaque in Thailand

The following list shows where the various monkey families (bolded) are placed in the classification of living (extant) primates.

• ORDER PRIMATES
  • Suborder Strepsirrhini: non-tarsier prosimians
  • Suborder Haplorhini: tarsiers, monkeys, and apes
    • Infraorder Tarsiiformes
      • Family Tarsiidae: tarsiers
    • Infraorder Simiiformes: simians
      • Parvorder Platyrrhini: New World monkeys
        • Family Callitrichidae: marmosets and tamarins (42 species)
        • Family Cebidae: capuchins and squirrel monkeys (14 species)
        • Family Aotidae: night monkeys (11 species)
        • Family Pitheciidae: titis, sakis, and uakaris (41 species)
        • Family Atelidae: howler, spider, and woolly monkeys (24 species)
      • Parvorder Catarrhini
        • Superfamily Cercopithecoidea
          • Family Cercopithecidae: Old World monkeys (135 species)
        • Superfamily Hominoidea: apes
          • Family Hylobatidae: gibbons ("lesser apes") (15 species)
          • Family Hominidae: great apes including humans (7 species)