Primates
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Leontopithecus rosalia
Translingual
Etymology
From Latin plural of prīmās (“one of the first, chief, excellent, noble”).
Proper noun
Primates
- A taxonomic order within the class Mammalia – primates: apes, monkeys, lemurs, lorisids, galagos, and tarsiers.
Hypernyms
- (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia – infraclass; Boreoeutheria – magnorder; Euarchontoglires – superorder; Primatomorpha – mirorder
Hyponyms
- (order): Strepsirrhini (with wet noses), Haplorrhini (with dry noses) – suborders
Translations
taxonomic order, within superorder Euarchontoglires - the primates
References
Primates on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Primates on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Category:Primates on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Primates in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.
- Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, →DOI
