New World Monkeys
Infraorder: Platyrrhini
Characteristics
1) diurnal
2) fruit eaters 3) flat incisors 4) 2:1:2:3 dentition (generally) 5) flat noses |
6) vision oriented
7) fully bony eye socket 8) arboreal 9) sit on haunches 10) prehensile tails (only 5) |
I. Callithricids
a. marmosets and tamarins
b. small
c. eat exudates
d. hooked nails
1. look
like claws but are only one layer
e. some have multiple births
f. 2:1:3:2 dentition
1. somewhere
along the line lost a molar
II. Cebids
a. small diverse monkeys
b. prehensile tails (only five monkeys)
1. capucchin
monkey
2. howler
monkey
3. wooly monkey
4. spider
monkey
5. wooly spider
monkey
(the rest of the group includes night monkeys, titi monkeys, squirrel monkeys, sakis/uacaris, and howler monkeys)