Platyrrhini
Also known as New World monkeys, platyrrhines, platyrrhine monkeys
infraorder of mammals
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Platyrrhini is an infraorder of mammals that includes the monkeys and primates native to Central and South America. Understanding this group matters because it helps scientists study primate evolution and behavior across different geographic regions.
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Species
闊鼻小目（學名：Platyrrhini），又稱新世界猴，是产于中美洲与南美洲的四科灵长目动物，包括卷尾猴科、青猴科、僧面猴科和蜘蛛猴科。新世界猴与旧世界猴合称为猴。
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Research
15,956 papers- Molecular Evidence Supports Five Lineages within Chiropotes (Pitheciidae, Platyrrhini).ReviewGenes · 2023Carneiro J, Sampaio I, Silva-Júnior JSE et al.DOI: 10.3390/genes14071309
- Chromosome evolution in new world monkeys (Platyrrhini).ReviewCytogenetic and genome research · 2012de Oliveira EH, Neusser M, Müller SDOI: 10.1159/000339296
- Molecular characterisation of parvorder Platyrrhini IgG sub-classes.Molecular immunology · 2021Yepes-Pérez Y, Rodríguez-Obediente K, Camargo A et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2021.08.012
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Article
New World monkeys are the five families of primates that are found in the tropical regions of Mexico, Central and South America: Callitrichidae, Cebidae, Aotidae, Pitheciidae, and Atelidae. The five families are ranked together as the Ceboidea (/səˈbɔɪdi.ə/), the only extant superfamily in the parvorder Platyrrhini (/plætɪˈraɪnaɪ/).
Platyrrhini is derived from the Greek for "broad nosed", and their noses are flatter than those of other simians, with sideways-facing nostrils. Monkeys in the family Atelidae, such as the spider monkey, are the only primates to have prehensile tails. New World monkeys' closest relatives are the other simians, the Catarrhini ("down-nosed"), comprising Old World monkeys and apes. New World monkeys descend from African simians that colonized South America, a line that split off about 40 million years ago.