Organisms

Catarrhini

An infraorder of PRIMATES comprised of the families CERCOPITHECIDAE (old world monkeys); HYLOBATIDAE (siamangs and GIBBONS); and HOMINIDAE (great apes and HUMANS). With the exception of humans, they all live exclusively in Africa and Asia.

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An infraorder of PRIMATES comprised of the families CERCOPITHECIDAE (old world monkeys); HYLOBATIDAE (siamangs and GIBBONS); and HOMINIDAE (great apes and HUMANS). With the exception of humans, they all live exclusively in Africa and Asia.

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Indexed with the subheadings abnormalities, anatomy & histology, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, classification, embryology, genetics, growth & development, immunology, injuries, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, physiology, psychology, surgery, urine, virology.

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2006

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  • Cercopithecidae (1980-2005)

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  1. B01w.050w.150w.900w.649w.313w.988w.400w.112w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Catarrhini. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D051079. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D051079
  2. Catarrhini. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catarrhini
  3. Catarrhini. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q206930