Order - Primates
Class: Mammalia
Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Eutheria
Order: Primates
Name derivation: “first rank”
Number of known Species: 528
Suborder: Haplorrhini
- Family: Cercopithecidae (161 species - Old World monkeys, baboons, colobus, etc.)
- Family: Hominidae (8 species - gorilla, chimpanzee, orangutan, human)
- Family: Hylobatidae (20 species - gibbons)
- Family: Aotidae (11 species - night monkeys)
- Family: Atelidae (23 species - howler monkey, spider monkey, woolly monkey)
- Family: Callitrichidae (54 species - tamarins, marmosets)
- Family: Cebidae (31 species - New World monkeys, capuchins, squirrel monkeys)
- Family: Pitheciidae (63 species - titis, sakis, uakaris)
- Family: Tarsiidae (14 species - tarsiers)
Suborder: Strepsirrhini
- Family: Daubentoniidae (1 species - aye-aye)
- Family: Cheirogaleidae (41 species - mouse lemurs, dwarf lemurs)
- Family: Indriidae (19 species - woolly lemurs, sifakas, indri)
- Family: Lemuridae (21 species - lemurs, ruffed lemurs, bamboo lemurs)
- Family: Lepilemuridae (25 species - sportive lemur)
- Family: Galagidae (19 species - galagos, bushbabies)
- Family: Lorisidae (17 species - pottos, lorises)
Notes: Based on Catalogue of Life as of July 2024