Cebidae

Translingual

Etymology

Cebus +‎ -idae

Proper noun

Cebidae

A taxonomic family within the order Primates – the marmosets, tamarins, capuchins and squirrel monkeys.

Hypernyms

(family): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Primates - order; Haplorrhini - suborder; Simiiformes - infraorder; Platyrrhini - parvorder

Hyponyms

(family): Cebinae (capuchins), Callithrichinae (marmosets and tamarins, now often split into family Callithrichidae), Saimiriinae (squirrel monkeys), †Tremacebinae - subfamilies

Cebus, Sapajus; Callimico, Callithrix, Leontopithecus, Saguinus; Saimiri - extant genera

References

Cebidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Cebidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Cebidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Cebidae in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.

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