Haplorhini

The haplorhines are the clade comprised of the prosimian tarsiers and all of the true simians: the monkeys and the apes, including humans.

The clade divides first with the Tarsier family Tarsiidae. The remaining clade is the Anthropoidea, which is made up of the superfamiles Platyrrhini (the New World monkeys) and Catarrhini (the Old World monkeys, apes, and humans).

The omomyids are an extinct group of prosimians, but they are believed to be more closely related to the tarsiers, and are considered the most primitive haplorhines.

Classification

• ORDER PRIMATES
  • Suborder Strepsirhini: non-tarsier prosimians
  • Suborder Haplorhini: tarsiers, monkeys and apes
    • Family Tarsiidae: tarsiers
    • Superfamily Platyrrhini: New World monkeys
      • Family Cebidae: marmosets, tamarins, capuchins and squirrel monkeys
      • Family Atelidae: owl, howler and spider monkeys, titis, sakis and uakaris
    • Superfamily Catarrhini
      • Family Cercopithecidae: Old World monkeys
      • Family Hylobatidae: gibbons
      • Family Hominidae: great apes and humans