Primate
A primate is a mammal o the order Primates (
i/praɪˈmeɪtiːz/ pry-MAY-teez; Laitin: "prime, first rank").[2][3]
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| Some primate families, frae top tae bottom: Daubentoniidae, Tarsiidae, Lemuridae, Lorisidae, Cebidae, Callitrichidae, Atelidae, Cercopithecidae, Hylobatidae, Hominidae. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kinrick: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Cless: | Mammalia |
| Mirorder: | Primatomorpha |
| Order: | Primates Linnaeus, 1758[1] |
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| Range o primates (green) | |
References
eedit- ↑ Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 111–184. OCLC 62265494. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- ↑ "Primate". Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 21 Julie 2008.
Frae Auld French or Frenchprimat, frae a noun uise o Laitin primat-, frae primus ("prime, first rank") - ↑ The singular primate wis derived via back-formation frae the Laitin inflectit form which Carl Linnaeus introduced in his influential 1758 10t edeetion o Systema Naturae acause he thocht this the "heichest" order o mammals.