Suborder Anthropoidea

Infraorder Platyrrhini
Superfamily Ceboidea

"New World Anthropoids"

a. Characteristics

weigh between 100g and 10kg
named after the rounded shape of the external nostrils
three premolars and first two molar teeth lack hypoconulids
no ear tube
parietal and zygomatic bones join to separate the frontal bone from sphenoid
relatively short forearm and lack of opposable thumb
tail

List of Families:

Family Atelidae
Subfamily Pitheciinae
a.    Pithecia pithecia, P. irrorator, P. monachus, P. albicans,
     and P. aequatoralis
b.    Chiropotes satanas and C. albinasus
c.    Cacajao calvus and C. melanocephalus

Subfamily Atelinae
a.   Alouatta seniculus, A. belzebul, A. fusca, A. palliata,
     A. villosa, and A. caraya
b.    Lagothrix iagotricha and L. flavicauda
c.    Ateles paniscus, A. geoffroyi, A. fusciceps, and A. belzebuth
d.   Brachyteles arachnoides

Family Cebidae
Subfamily Aotinea
a.   Aotus trivirgatus
b.   Callicebus torguatus, C. moloch, and C. personatus

Subfamily Cebinae
a. Saimiri sciureus
b. Cebus apella, C. albifrons, C. capucinus, and C. nigrivitattus

Family Callitrichidae
a.    Callimico goeldii
b.    Saquinus oedipus
c.    S. midas
d.    S. fuscicollis
e.    S. labiatus
f.    S. imperator

g.   S. mystax
h.   Leontopithecus rosalia, L. chrysomelas, and L. chrysopygus
i.    Callithrix argentata, C. humeralifer, C. jacchus, C. aurita, C. flaviceps,
      C. geoffroyi, and C. penicillata
j.     Cebuella pygmaea