Species Taxonomic Relations

This taxonomy shows the phylogenetic relationships among the primate species most used in biomedical research and to other classes of the animal kingdom. It is based largely on Walker's Primates of the World (Nowak-1999).

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Metazoa [animals]

• Reptilia [reptiles]
• Aves [birds]
• Mammalia [mammals]
• Primates [primates]
• Galagonidae [galagos]
• Cebidae [New World monkeys]
• Saimiri [squirrel monkeys]
• Saimiri sciureus [common squirrel monkey]
• Cebus [capuchins]
• Cebus apella [hooded capuchin]
• Callitrichidae [marmosets]
• Cercopithecidae [Old World monkeys]
• Cercocebus [mangabeys]
• Cercocebus torquatus [sooty mangabey]
• Cercopithecus [guenons]
• Cercopithecus aethiops [grivet]
• Cercopithecus mona [mona monkey]
• Macaca [macaques]
• Macaca arctoides [stumptailed macaque]
• Macaca nemestrina [pigtailed macaque]
• Macaca mulatta [rhesus macaque]
• Macaca fuscata [Japanese macaque]
• Macaca fascicularis [longtailed macaque]
• Macaca radiata [bonnet macaque]
• Papio [baboons]
• Papio cynocephalus [yellow baboon]
• Papio papio [western baboon]
• Papio anubis [olive baboon]
• Papio hamadryas [hamadryas baboon]
• Papio ursinus [chacma baboon]
• Pongidae [great apes]
• Pan troglodytes [chimpanzee]
• Hominidae [human]
• Homo sapiens [human]
• Rodentia [rodents]
• Rattus [rats]
• Mus [mice]
• Carnivora [carnivores]
• Felis catus [cats]
• Canis familiaris [dogs]
• Lagomorpha [lagomorphs]
• Leporidae [rabbits and hares]

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