new world monkey

Noun
  1. 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; tamarin
    same as: platyrrhine, platyrrhinian

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