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Catarrhini
Catarrhini
is one of the two subdivisions of the
higher primates
(the other being the
New World monkeys
or platyrrhines). It contains the
Old World monkeys
and the
apes
; the latter of which are in turn further divided into the lesser apes or
gibbons
and the
great apes
, consisting of the
orangutans
,
gorillas
,
chimpanzees
, and
humans
. They are all native to
Africa
and
Asia
. Members of this
parvorder
are called
catarrhines
.
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