The Primate Page

Primate Classification

The classification used throughout these pages has changed. Primates are now divided into the Strepsirrhini and the Haplorhini, and references to the Prosimii / Anthropoidea division have been removed. More detail will follow when the introduction returns. For now, the tarsier has a brief explanation, and for more information:

Primate Taxonomy: a lecture by Dr. Bill Sellers.
• Systema Naturae: an up-to-date classification of life - all of life.
• Journey into Phylogenetic Systematics: an introduction to cladistics.