Primate

Introduction: Primate

Description of Primate

Primate: The highest order of mammals, including humans, monkeys, and lemurs. [L. primus, first]
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Primate: order of mammals, including human beings, apes, monkeys, and lemurs; families include Cercopithecidae, Hominidae, Lemuridae, and Pongidae; this term is used to index non-human primates.
Source: CRISP

Terms associated with Primate:

More specific terms for Primate:

• Haplorhini
• Strepsirhini

Source - MeSH 2007

• Anthropoidea
• Prosimii

Source - CRISP

Broader terms for Primate

• Mammals

Source - MeSH 2007

• Mammalia

Source - CRISP

Other terms that may be related to Primate:

• human

Source: CRISP

The description of Primate may also be used for the following terms:

• monkey
• P51 grant

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Primate

The following list attempts to classify Primate into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Animals
  • Chordata
    • Vertebrates
      • Mammals
        • Primates

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