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Catarrhini

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Hominoidea

Saadanioidea † Propliopithecoidea † Cercopithecoidea. Catarrhini. Catarrhini is one of the two subdivisions of the higher primates (the other being the New World monkeys or platyrrhines).

Catarrhini

It contains the Old World monkeys and the apes; the latter of which are in turn further divided into the lesser apes or gibbons and the great apes, consisting of the orangutans, gorillas, chimpanzees, bonobos, and humans. They are all native to Africa and Asia.