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Is a monkey a primate?

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monkey, any cercopithecoid (Old World monkey) or platyrrhine (New World monkey) primate
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primate, a mammal of the order Primates, which contains prosimians, simians and humans
Is monkey, any cercopithecoid (Old World monkey) or platyrrhine (New World monkey) primate a type of primate (the biological order including monkeys, apes, lemurs and humans)?
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Old World monkeys are unlike apes in that most have tails. The only primate family with fully prehensile tails are the New World atelids, including the howler, spider, woolly spider ...
A monkey is a primate, either an Old World monkey or a New World monkey. There are about 260 known living species of monkey. Many are arboreal, although there are species that ...
Old World monkeys are unlike apes in that most have tails. The only primate family with fully prehensile tails are the New World atelids, including the howler, spider, woolly spider ...
monkey (primate), in general, any of nearly 200 species of tailed primate, with the exception of lemurs, tarsiers, and lorises. The presence of a tail (even if only a tiny nub ...
A listing of all of the primates with information on their behavior.

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