platyrrhine
Adjective
- Of or related to New World monkeys having nostrils far apart or to people with broad noses (synset 301411901)
Noun
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Hairy-faced arboreal monkeys having widely separated nostrils and long usually prehensile tails (synset 102492220)
is a type of: monkey - any of various long-tailed primates (excluding the prosimians)subtypes:
- marmoset - small soft-furred South American and Central American monkey with claws instead of nails
- capuchin, cebus capucinus, ringtail - monkey of Central America and South America having thick hair on the head that resembles a monk's cowl
- aotus trivirgatus, douroucouli - nocturnal monkey of Central America and South America with large eyes and thick fur
- howler, howler monkey - monkey of tropical South American forests having a loud howling cry
- saki - small arboreal monkey of tropical South America with long hair and bushy nonprehensile tail
- uakari - medium-sized tree-dwelling monkey of the Amazon basin; only New World monkey with a short tail
- titi, titi monkey - small South American monkeys with long beautiful fur and long nonprehensile tail
- ateles geoffroyi, spider monkey - arboreal monkey of tropical America with long slender legs and long prehensile tail
- saimiri sciureus, squirrel monkey - small long-tailed monkey of Central American and South America with greenish fur and black muzzle
- woolly monkey - large monkeys with dark skin and woolly fur of the Amazon and Orinoco basins
belongs to: platyrrhini, superfamily platyrrhini - New World monkeys: capuchin; douroucouli; howler monkey; saki; spider monkey; squirrel monkey; titi; uakari; woolly monkey; marmoset; tamarinsame as: new world monkey, platyrrhinian
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