What is the primates group?

PRIMATE ORDER TAXONOMY (only major species groups are included in this table) 1 ... (Old World monkeys, apes and humans), Cercopithecoidea (Old World monkeys), Cercopithecinae, guenons, vervets, baboons, macaques, etc. guenons and baboons--Africa; macaques--northwest. read more

A primate (/ ˈ p r aɪ m eɪ t / ( listen) PRY-mayt) is a mammal of the order Primates (Latin: "prime, first rank"). In taxonomy, primates include two distinct lineages, strepsirrhines and haplorhines. read more

Humans are primates. The physical similarities between humans and monkeys/apes has been noted since ancient times. We have grasping hands with opposable thumbs, fingernails instead of claws and forward facing eyes, among other common attributes. read more

Primate, in zoology, any mammal of the group that includes the lemurs, lorises, tarsiers, monkeys, apes, and humans. The order Primates, with its 300 or more species, is the third most diverse order of mammals, after rodents (Rodentia) and bats (Chiroptera). read more