Simian
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| Simian Temporal range: Middle Eocene – Recent | |
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| Lar Gibbon | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Infraorder: | Simiiformes Haeckel, 1866 |
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Parvorder Platyrrhini: Parvorder Catarrhini: | |
The simians (infraorder Simiiformes) are the "higher primates" familiar to most people are the Old World monkeys and apes, including humans and the New World monkeys. Simians tend to be larger than the "lower primates" or prosimians.
