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Wikipedia: Cebidae
Cebidae
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Cebidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Primates
Suborder:Haplorhini
Superfamily:Platyrrhini
Family:Cebidae
Genera
Cebus
Saimiri
Aotus
Callicebus
Pithecia
Chiropotes
Cacajao
Alouatta
Ateles
Brachyteles
Lagothrix
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The Cebidae form one of the two familes of New World monkeys usually recognised.

The family contains as most widely recognised includes 11 genera organised into 6 subfamilies, though three of these are currently purely formal in that they contain only a single genus. Some authorities (e.g. ITIS) remove the subfamilies Callicebinae and Pitheciinae into a separate family, the Pitheciidae, while others place the Pitheciinae and Atelinae into a family Atelidae.

  • ORDER PRIMATES
    • Suborder Strepsirhini: non-tarsier prosimians
    • Suborder Haplorhini: tarsiers, monkeys and apes
      • Family Tarsiidae: tarsiers
      • Superfamily Platyrrhini
        • Family Callitrichidae: marmosets and tamarins
        • Family Cebidae: capuchin monkeys and allies
          • Subfamily Cebinae
            • White-fronted Capuchin, Cebus albifrons
            • Black-capped Capuchin, Cebus apella
            • White-throated Capuchin, Cebus capucinus
            • Ka'apor Capuchin, Cebus kaapori
            • Weeper Capuchin, Cebus olivaceus
            • Bolivian Squirrel Monkey, Saimiri boliviensis
            • Red-backed Squirrel Monkey, Saimiri oerstedi
            • Common Squirrel Monkey, Saimiri sciureus
            • Golden-backed Squirrel Monkey, Saimiri ustus
            • Blackish Squirrel Monkey, Saimiri vanzolini
          • Subfamily Aotinae
            • Southern Owl Monkey, Aotus azarae
            • Brumback's Owl Monkey, Aotus brumbacki
            • Hershkovitz's Owl Monkey, Aotus hershkovitzi
            • Kuhl's Owl Monkey, Aotus infulatus
            • Lemurine Owl Monkey, Aotus lemurinus
            • Andean Owl Monkey, Aotus miconax
            • Peruvian Red-necked Owl Monkey, Aotus nancymae
            • Black-headed Owl Monkey, Aotus nigriceps
            • Northern Owl Monkey, Aotus trivirgatus
            • Spix's Owl Monkey, Aotus vociferans
          • Subfamily Callicebinae
            • Brown Titi, Callicebus brunneus
            • Chestnut Bellied Titi, Callicebus caligatus
            • Ashy-gray Titi, Callicebus cinerascens
            • Red Titi, Callicebus cupreus
            • Bolivian Gray Titi, Callicebus donacophilus
            • Hershkovitz's Titi, Callicebus dubius
            • Hoffmann's Titi, Callicebus hoffmannsi
            • Bolivian Titi, Callicebus modestus
            • Dusky Titi, Callicebus moloch
            • Andean Titi, Callicebus oenanthe
            • Beni Titi, Callicebus olallae
            • Masked Titi, Callicebus personatus
            • Collared Titi, Callicebus torquatus
          • Subfamily Pitheciinae
            • Red-bearded Saki, Pithecia aequatorialis
            • Buffy Saki, Pithecia albicans
            • Bald-faced Saki, Pithecia irrorator
            • Monk Saki, Pithecia monachus
            • White-faced Saki, Pithecia pithecia
            • White-nosed Saki, Chiropotes albinasus
            • Black Saki, Chiropotes satanas
            • Red Uakari, Cacajao calvus
            • Black-headed Uakari, Cacajao melanocephalus
          • Subfamily Alouattinae
            • Red-handed Howler Monkey, Alouatta belzebul
            • Black Howler Monkey, Alouatta caraya
            • Coiba Island Howler Monkey, Alouatta coibensis
            • Brown Howler Monkey, Alouatta fusca
            • Mantled Howler Monkey, Alouatta palliata
            • Guatemalan Howler Monkey, Alouatta pigra
            • Red Howler Monkey, Alouatta seniculus
          • Subfamily Atelinae
            • Long-haired Spider Monkey, Ateles belzebuth
            • Black-faced Spider Monkey, Ateles chamek
            • Brown-headed Spider Monkey, Ateles fusciceps
            • Black-handed Spider Monkey, Ateles geoffroyi
            • Black Spider Monkey, Ateles paniscus
            • Woolly Spider Monkey, Brachyteles arachnoides
            • Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey, Lagothrix flavicauda
            • Humboldt's Woolly Monkey, Lagothrix lagotricha
      • Superfamily Catarrhini

  

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