A family of New World monkeys in the infraorder PLATYRRHINI, consisting of nine subfamilies: ALOUATTINAE; AOTINAE; Atelinae; Callicebinae; CALLIMICONINAE; CALLITRICHINAE; CEBINAE; Pithecinae; and SAIMIRINAE. They inhabit the forests of South and Central America, comprising the largest family of South American monkeys.

Annotation

index NIM with no qualifiers when an experimental animal; diseases: coordinate IM with MONKEY DISEASES (IM)

u experimentálních zvířat užij NIM bez kvalifikátorů; nemoci: kombinuj IM s deskriptorem NEMOCI OPIC (IM)

DUI

D002427 MeSH Browser

CUI

M0003699

History note

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Public note

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