Dichotomous Key/Primates
< Dichotomous Key| Primates | |
|---|---|
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Subphylum | Vertebrata |
| Class | Mammalia |
| Subclass | Placentalia |
| Order | Primates |
| Parent key: Mammalia |
| Subclasses |
|---|
| Marsupialia - Monotremata - Placentalia |
| Key: Mammalia |
| Orders |
| Afrosoricida - Artiodactyla - Carnivora - Cetacea - Chiroptera - Dermoptera - Insectivora - Lagomorpha - Macroselidae - Marsupialia - Monotremata - Perissodactyla - Pholidota - Primates - Proboscidea - Rodentia - Scandentia - Sirenia - Xenarthra |
1
3: Haplorrhini
- Tarsus
- Elongated - Tarsiiformes
- Not elongated - 4
4: Simiiformes
5: Catarrhini
- Number of cusps on molars
- Four - Cercopithecoidea
- Five - Hominoidea
6: Platyrrhini
- External ears
- Very small - Nyctipithecidae
- Other - Could be Pitheciidae, Atelidae or Cebidae
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