Primate Phylogeny
The primate tree below was redrawn from cladograms and information from the Primates section of the University of Arizona Tree of Life, from the Primate Information Network at the University of Wisconsin. The primates are astonishingly diverse, ranging from tiny marmosets and bushbabies to massive gorillas. The thirty-odd branches of the tree below represent more than 50 genera and hundreds of species. There are four main branches of the tree below:
- the Platyrrhine (flatnosed) or New World Monkeys
- the Catarrhine (down-nosed) or Old World primates, including
- Old World Monkeys
- Great Apes, Humans and Gibbons
- the Tarsiers
- the Prosimians (Lemurs and Lorises)
The Fort Worth Zoo is very unusual in housing all four of the great ape species, as well as a number of other primates. Links to information or pictures of representative primate species at the Fort Worth Zoo will be found in the tree below.
| Invertebrate Tree |
Fish Tree |
Tetrapod Tree |
Reptile Tree |
Bird Tree |
Mammal Tree |
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