Catarrhini
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- "†Micropithecus†Oligopithecidae†Propliopithecoidea†Pliopithecoidea†Dendropithecoidea†Saadanioidea†ParapithecoideaCercopithecoideaHominoidea (apes)sister: Platyrrhini
SynonymsCatarrhine monkeysOld World anthropoidsSimiadae, W.C.L. Martin, 1841Old World monkeys (incl. apes)
The Catarrhini or catarrhine monkeys or Old World anthropoids are the sister group to the New World monkeys, the Platyrrhini. The Platyrrhini emerged within "monkeys" by migration to South America from Afro-Arabia (the Old World), likely by ocean. With respect to the ones that stayed behind, Geoffroy in 1812 grouped the apes (hominoidea) and the Cercopithecoidea together and established the name Catarrhini, "Old World monkeys", or "singes de l´Ancien continent" [10][11][12][13]. Darwin in the late 19th century imagined correctly that apes were the sister to the Cercopithecoidea.[14][15] There has been some resistance to directly designate apes (and thus humans) as monkeys despite the scientific evidence,[citation needed] so "Old World monkey" may be taken to mean the Cercopithecoidea or the Catarrhini.[16][10][17][18][19][15][20][13] That apes are monkeys was already realized by Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon in the 18th century.[21] The apes are further divided into the lesser apes or gibbons and the great apes, consisting of the orangutans, gorillas, chimpanzees and humans. The Catarrhini are all native to Africa and Asia. Members of this parvorder are called catarrhines." - (en.wikipedia.org 01.12.2019)
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