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Catarrhini
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The parvorder Catarrhini (known commonly as catarrhine monkeys, Old World anthropoids, or Old World monkeys) consists of the Cercopithecoidea (Old World monkeys) and Hominoidea (apes). In 1812, Geoffroy grouped those two groups together and established the name Catarrhini, "Old World monkeys", ("''singes de l'Ancien Monde" in French). Its sister in the infraorder Simiiformes (simians) is the parvorder Platyrrhini (New World monkeys). There has been some resistance to directly designate apes (and thus humans) as monkeys despite the scientific evidence, so "Old World monkey" may be taken to mean
Catarrhini is a scientific grouping that includes both Old World monkeys and apes, established as a formal category in 1812 to organize these closely related primates found in Africa, Asia, and Europe. It matters because it reflects the actual evolutionary relationships between these animals—apes and Old World monkeys are more closely related to each other than either group is to New World monkeys—though the classification has faced cultural resistance because it places humans (as apes) within the monkey category.
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Species
狹鼻小目（Catarrhini）是靈長目簡鼻亞目中三個小目之一，包含了舊世界猴（猴總科）及猿（人猿總科）。後者再細分為長臂猿科及人科。以往認為人類及其已滅絕的近親或祖先是一個獨立的科，而人科則被分類在猩猩科中。 狹鼻小目的動物鼻孔都是狹窄及向下的。牠們不像闊鼻小目，一般都是白天活動，而尾巴並非捲尾。牠們的指甲都是扁平的，上下齒式都是2.1.2.3。 狹鼻小目大部份物種都是兩性異形的，且大都不是一夫一妻的。很多但不是全部物種都以群族方式生活。牠們是非洲及亞洲的原住民。
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Research
23,573,267 papers- [Why humans and Catarrhini lack the Galalpha1-3Gal epitope, related to xenograft rejection?].ReviewPostepy higieny i medycyny doswiadczalnej (Online) · 2009Suchanowska A, Czerwiński M
- Stronger binding affinities of gp120/CD4 in Catarrhini provide insights into HIV/host interactions.Infectious Disease Modelling · 2025Li V, Lee C, Park T et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.idm.2024.10.003
- Chromosome Painting in Cercopithecus petaurista (Schreber, 1774) Compared to Other Monkeys of the Cercopithecini Tribe (Catarrhini, Primates).Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Milioto V, Sineo L, Dumas FDOI: 10.3390/life13051203
- Alpha1 and alpha2 domains of Aotus MHC class I and Catarrhini MHC class Ia share similar characteristics.Tissue antigens · 2003Suárez CF, Cárdenas PP, Llanos-Ballestas EJ et al.DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0039.2003.00045.x
- Sex chromosome systems in Neotropical Primates: What have we learnt so far from cytogenetics and genomics?ReviewJournal of evolutionary biology · 2022Steinberg ER, Bressa MJ, Mudry MDDOI: 10.1111/jeb.14039
- Covariance structure in the skull of Catarrhini: a case of pattern stasis and magnitude evolution.Journal of human evolution · 2009de Oliveira FB, Porto A, Marroig GDOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2009.01.010
- Comparative morphology of the primate tongue.ReviewAnnals of anatomy = Anatomischer Anzeiger : official organ of the Anatomische Gesellschaft · 2019Iwasaki SI, Yoshimura K, Shindo J et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.aanat.2019.01.008
- HERV-W group evolutionary history in non-human primates: characterization of ERV-W orthologs in Catarrhini and related ERV groups in Platyrrhini.BMC evolutionary biology · 2018Grandi N, Cadeddu M, Blomberg J et al.DOI: 10.1186/s12862-018-1125-1
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The parvorder Catarrhini (known commonly as catarrhine monkeys, Old World anthropoids, or Old World monkeys) consists of the Cercopithecoidea (Old World monkeys) and Hominoidea (apes). In 1812, Geoffroy grouped those two groups together and established the name Catarrhini, "Old World monkeys", ("''singes de l'Ancien Monde" in French). Its sister in the infraorder Simiiformes (simians) is the parvorder Platyrrhini (New World monkeys). There has been some resistance to directly designate apes (and thus humans) as monkeys despite the scientific evidence, so "Old World monkey" may be taken to mean the Cercopithecoidea or the Catarrhini. That apes are monkeys was already realized by Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon in the 18th century. Linnaeus placed this group in 1758 together with what we now recognise as the tarsiers and the New World monkeys, in a single genus "Simia" (sans Homo). The Catarrhini are all native to Africa and Asia. Members of this parvorder are called catarrhines.
The Catarrhini are the sister group to the New World monkeys, the Platyrrhini. Some six million years before the ape - Cercopithecoidea bifurcation, the Platyrrhini emerged within "monkeys" by migration to South America from Afro-Arabia (the Old World), likely by ocean.