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- proper noun A taxonomic
suborder within theorder Primates — variousmonkeys .
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Lemurs are of the order Primate, just like most monkeys, apes and us, but are of a different suborder: Strepsirrhini for the lemurs, Haplorrhini for us.
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In the recent “intuition” neurons article, what ACW is calling Simiiformes and what Vandalhooch had thought was called Anthropoidea an overarching label for the clade that includes all monkeys, apes, and humans is apparently called Haplorrhini.
Is One "King Kong" Movie worth 1000 Darwin Exhibits? - The Panda's Thumb 2005
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The Haplorrhini metabolism lost the ability to make its own tooth enamel, a light build with a narrow chest and short forelimbs, and an arboreal quadrupedal lifestyle.
Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] HappyBirthdayDarwin 2010
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[[Haplorrhini]] splits into infraorders [[New World monkey | Platyrrhini]]
Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] HappyBirthdayDarwin 2010
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The Haplorrhini metabolism lost the ability to make its own tooth enamel, a light build with a narrow chest and short forelimbs, and an arboreal quadrupedal lifestyle.
Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] HappyBirthdayDarwin 2010
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[[Strepsirrhini]] (wet nosed primates) and [[Haplorrhini]] (dry nosed primates).
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[[Strepsirrhini]] (wet nosed primates) and [[Haplorrhini]]
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[[Haplorrhini]] splits into infraorders [[New World monkey | Platyrrhini]] and [[Catarrhini]].
Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] HappyBirthdayDarwin 2010
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The Haplorrhini metabolism lost the ability to make its own [[Vitamin C
Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] HappyBirthdayDarwin 2010
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The Haplorrhini metabolism lost the ability to make its own [[Vitamin C
Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] HappyBirthdayDarwin 2010
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