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Haplorhini (/ h æ p l ə ˈ r aɪ n aɪ /), the haplorhines (Greek for "simple-nosed") or the "dry-nosed" primates is a suborder of primates containing the tarsiers and the simians (Simiiformes or anthropoids), as sister of the Strepsirrhini ("moist-nosed").
Tarsiers ( / ˈtɑːrsiərz / TAR-see-ərz) are haplorhine primates of the family Tarsiidae, which is, itself, the lone extant family within the infraorder Tarsiiformes.
Tarsiiformes / ˈtɑːrsi.ɪfɔːrmiːz / are a group of primates that once ranged across Europe, northern Africa, Asia, and North America, but whose extant species are all found in the islands of Southeast Asia.
In fact, under the traditional classification scheme, tarsiers were classified as prosimians; however, in the new classification system, tarsiers are Haplorhines because they do not have a wet rhinarium. Tarsiers can turn their heads 180 degrees and have the longest hind limb to forelimb proportion of any mammal.
Jan 1, 2022 · Within the primate order, there are two suborders: Haplorhini (the haplorhines) and Strepsirhini (the strepsirhines). Haplorhines consist of tarsiers, monkeys, apes, and humans. Haplorhini can be further divided into two infraorders: Tarsiiformes (tarsiers) and Simiiformes (monkeys, apes, and humans). The Simiiformes can be further divided into ...
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Modern haplorhines are divided into three infraorders: the Platyrrhini, the New World Monkeys; the Catarrhini, the Old World Monkeys, apes and humans; the Tarsiiformes, the tarsiers. The two geographically separated lineages of monkeys are distinguished principally by the shape of the nose.
Haplorhini, the haplorhines (Greek for "simple-nosed") or the "dry-nosed" primates, is a suborder of primates containing the tarsiers and the monkeys (Simiiformes or anthropoids), as sister of the Strepsirrhini ("moist-nosed"). The name is sometimes spelled Haplorrhini.
