are apes part of the monkey family?
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Monkeys and apes are both primates, which means they're both part of the human family tree. ... Almost all monkeys have tails; apes do not.
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Perhaps surprisingly, bats are also related to the Primates, the mammal taxon that includes lemurs, monkeys, apes, and humans; and to the Scandentia, the Asian tropical tree shrews. All these mammals are sometimes classified together in one large taxon, the Archonta.
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Chimpanzees now have to share the distinction of being our closest living relative in the animal kingdom. An international team of researchers has sequenced the genome of the bonobo for the first time, confirming that it shares the same percentage of its DNA with us as chimps do.
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A hominid is a member of the family Hominidae, the great apes: orangutans, gorillas, chimpanzees and humans. A hominine is a member of the subfamily Homininae: gorillas, chimpanzees, and humans (excludes orangutans). A hominin is a member of the tribe Hominini: chimpanzees and humans.
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Humans (Homo sapiens) are highly intelligent primates that have become the dominant species on Earth. They are the only extant members of the subtribe Hominina and together with chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans, they are part of the family Hominidae (the great apes, or hominids).
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Both marmosets and tamarins are considered to be the most primitive monkeys because of their anatomical and reproductive characteristics. Their thumbs are not opposable. They have claws on all digits except for their big toes, which have nails. They do not have prehensile tails.
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According to the experts at yahoo: Of the placental mammals, apes are in the group Euarchontoglires and bears are in Laurasiatheria. Those two groups are more closely related to each other than to other groups of placental mammals, and together constitute the combined group Boreoeutheria.
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Humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans and their extinct ancestors form a family of organisms known as the Hominidae. Researchers generally agree that among the living animals in this group, humans are most closely related to chimpanzees, judging from comparisons of anatomy and genetics.
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One clear difference between monkeys and apes is that monkeys almost always have tails, but hominoids never do. ... The diets of apes are similar to those of other primates. They eat fruits, nuts, seeds, leaves and sometimes other animals. They are omnivores, though most of their intake is herbivorous.
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Old World monkey is the common English name for a family of primates known taxonomically as the Cercopithecidae. ... Phylogenetically, they are more closely related to apes than to New World monkeys. They diverged from a common ancestor of New World monkeys around 55 million years ago.
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The chimpanzee shown below is an Old World anthropoid species and, therefore, has a catarrhine dental formula. All Old World monkeys, apes, and humans share this 2.1.2.3 dental formula. ... Some Old World monkeys and apes are semi-terrestrial.
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Apes are herbivores for the most part, but they also may eat small animals or bugs to supplement their diet. Gibbons, for example, eat mostly fruit, but they also munch on leaves, flowers and insects.
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Monkeys and apes are both primates, which means they're both part of the human family tree. ... Apes are generally more intelligent than monkeys, and most species of apes exhibit some use of tools.
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Rather, monkeys and apes are two distinct subsets of primates. Ape refers to the clade of animals belonging to the superfamily Hominoidea, which is the same superfamily that contains Homo sapiens. ... Consequently, if anything, ape is a subset of monkey, rather than the other way around.
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No great apes are native to South America. All currently living in South America, (including humans) were brought there by humans.
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Among the living primates, humans are most closely related to the apes, which include the lesser apes (gibbons) and the great apes (chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans).
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But, unlike dogs or cats, primates (all monkeys and apes) have not evolved over thousands of years to live compatibly with humans. Monkeys are not domestic pets. ... Never forget that a monkey is a wild animal.