Simiiformes / Anthropoidea

Catarrhini

Platyrrhini (New World Monkeys) Anthropoid. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Anthropoid may refer to:

Simian. The simians (infraorder Simiiformes, Anthropoidea) are the "higher primates" familiar to most people: the Old World monkeys and apes, including humans, (together being the catarrhines), and the New World monkeys or platyrrhines.

Classification and evolution[edit] In earlier classification, New World monkeys, Old World monkeys, apes, and humans—collectively known as simians or anthropoids—were grouped under Anthropoidea (/an'thro-poy'de-a/, Gr. άνθρωπος, anthropos, human), while the strepsirrhines and tarsiers were grouped under the suborder "Prosimii".