Platyrrhini
Translingual
Etymology
From platy- (“broad; flat”, from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús)) + New Latin rhini pl (“noses”, plural of rhinus).
Doublet of Platyrrhinus.
Proper noun
Platyrrhini
- A taxonomic parvorder within the order Primates – New World monkeys.
Hypernyms
- (parvorder): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia – infraclass; Primates – order; Haplorhini – suborder; Simiiformes – infraorder
Hyponyms
- (parvorder): Callitrichidae (marmosets, tamarins), Cebidae (capuchins and squirrel monkeys), Aotidae (night monkeys, owl monkeys and douroucoulis), Pitheciidae (titis, sakis and uakaris), Atelidae (howler monkeys, spider monkeys and woolly monkeys) – families
References
- Platyrrhini on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Platyrrhini on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Platyrrhini on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Platyrrhini in Mammal Species of the World[1] at Bucknell.