HAPLORRHINI Pocock 1918

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Primates, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 111-184 : 127

HAPLORRHINI Pocock 1918

Families: 8 families with 46 genera and 287 species in 2 infraorders:

Infraorder TARSIIFORMES Gregory 1915

Family Tarsiidae Gray 1825 (1 genus with 7 species and 3 subspecies)

Infraorder SIMIIFORMES Haeckel 1866

Family Cebidae Gray 1831 (6 genera with 56 species and 50 subspecies)

Family Aotidae Elliot 1913 (1 genus with 8 species and 7 subspecies)

Family Pitheciidae Mivart 1865 (4 genera with 40 species and 8 subspecies)

Family Atelidae Gray 1825 (5 genera with 23 species and 16 subspecies)

Family Cercopithecidae Gray 1821 (21 genera with 132 species and 172 subspecies)

Family Hylobatidae Gray 1871 (4 genera with 14 species and 15 subspecies)

Family Hominidae Gray 1825 (4 genera with 7 species and 11 subspecies)

Discussion: Recognised as an infraorder by McKenna and Bell (1997; see comments above, under Strepsirrhini ); Tarsiiformes and Anthropoidea were regarded as Parvorders.