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
Patrícia Izar.Current biology : CB · 2026Izar PDOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2025.11.046
Rapid facial mimicry in Platyrrhini: Play face replication in spider monkeys (Ateles fusciceps, Ateles hybridus, and Ateles paniscus).American journal of primatology · 2024Cordoni G, Ciantia A, Guéry JP et al.DOI: 10.1002/ajp.23607
Comparative gastrointestinal organ lengths among Amazonian primates (Primates: Platyrrhini).American journal of biological anthropology · 2023Jesus AS, El Bizri HR, Fa JE et al.DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.24751
SRY evolution in Cebidae (Platyrrhini: Primates).Journal of molecular evolution · 2002Moreira MADOI: 10.1007/s00239-001-2308-7
AVPR1b variation and the emergence of adaptive phenotypes in Platyrrhini primates.American journal of primatology · 2019Fam BSO, Reales G, Vargas-Pinilla P et al.DOI: 10.1002/ajp.23028

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taxon name: Platyrrhini
Commons category: Platyrrhini
start time: 31000000-0
taxon common name: New World monkeys

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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.