CLASSIFICATION OF THE PRIMATES

 

II. Primary Classification within the Animal Kingdom

 

            Kingdom – Animalia (animals)

                        Sub-Kingdom – Metazoans (multi-celled animals)

                                    Phylum – Chordata (animals with a spinal chord)

                                                Sub-Phylum – Vertebrata (animals with a vertebral column)

                                                            Class – Mammalia (mammals)

                                                                        Sub-Class – Eutheria (placental mammals)

                                                                                    Order – Primates

 

II. Secondary Classification within the Order Primates

 

            Sub-Order – Strepsirhini – the Prosimians, including the Lemur and Loris

 

            Sub-Order  - Haplorhini – the Anthropoides, including all other primates

 

                        Infra-Order Tarsiiformes – the Tarsiers

 

                        Infra-Order Platyrrhini – New World Monkeys, including Howler, Spider, &

                                                                                    Marmosets

 

                        Infra-Order Catarrhini – Old World Monkeys

 

                                    Super-Family Cercopithecoidea, including Langurs, Macaques, and

                                                                                    Baboons

 

                                    Super-Family Hominoidea, including the Lesser and Greater Apes, and

                                                                                    Humans

 

                                                Family Pongidae

 

                                                            Lesser Apes, including the Gibbons and Simangs

 

                                                            Greater Apes, including Orangutans, Gorillas, and

                                                                        Chimpanzees

 

                                                Family Hominidae, including humans and our ancestors

 

                                                            Genus Australopithecus

                                                                        Species afarensis, africanus, and robustus

 

                                                            Genus Homo

                                                                        Species habilis, erectus, and sapiens*

                                                                                    *only Homo sapiens are still extant