Taxa

Primates

Order

Citation Formats

General Reference

Nature Atlas. "Primates." Accessed September 8, 2026. https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/taxa/order-primates.

APA Style

Nature Atlas. (n.d.). Primates. Retrieved September 8, 2026, from https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/taxa/order-primates

BibTeX

@misc{natureatlas-primates,
  author = {Nature Atlas},
  title = {Primates},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/taxa/order-primates},
  note = {Accessed September 8, 2026}
}

An order of mammals characterized by forward-facing eyes giving depth perception, grasping hands (and, in most species, feet) with opposable digits, and, on average, unusually large brains relative to body size. Primates includes lemurs, monkeys, apes and humans.

Facts

Disputed

Member Species/Taxa Count

500 1

Approximate described-species (or, for a genus, described-taxon) count; continually revised as species are newly described, reclassified or synonymized.

Taxonomic Rank

Order 1

Scientific Name

Primates 1

Cross-Tradition Connections